A Mutational Hotspot and Strong Selection Contribute to the Order of Mutations Selected for during Escherichia coli Adaptation to the Gut

The relative role of drift versus selection underlying the evolution of bacterial species within the gut microbiota remains poorly understood. The large sizes of bacterial populations in this environment suggest that even adaptive mutations with weak effects, thought to be the most frequently occurr...

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Main Author: Lourenço, Marta (author)
Other Authors: Ramiro, Ricardo S (author), Güleresi, Daniela (author), Barroso-Batista, João (author), Xavier, Karina B (author), Gordo, Isabel (author), Sousa, Ana (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Cloning
Insertion mutation
Nonsense mutation
Natural selection
Deletion mutation
Operons
Evolutionary adaptation
Microbial evolution
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/707
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:arca.igc.gulbenkian.pt:10400.7/707

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/707

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