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Bacterial evolution

A small leap for adaptation

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ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER

  1. Barrett, R. D. H. et al. Mutations of intermediate effect are responsible for adaptation in evolving Pseudomonas fluorescens populations. Biol. Lett. 14 February 2006 (doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0439)

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  1. Kassen, R. & Bataillon, T. Distribution of fitness effects among beneficial mutations before selection in experimental populations of bacteria. Nature Genet. 38, 484–488 (2006)

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  2. Orr, H. A. The genetic theory of adaptation: a brief history. Nature Rev. Genet. 6, 119–127 (2005)

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Casci, T. A small leap for adaptation. Nat Rev Microbiol 4, 322–323 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1421

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