title: Model for mutation in bacterial populations.
abstract: We describe the evolution of E. coli populations through a Bak-Sneppen-type model which incorporates random mutations. We show that, for a value of the mutation level which coincides with the one estimated from experiments, this model reproduces the measures of mean fitness relative to that of a common ancestor, performed for over 10,000 bacterial generations.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, C.P. 68528, 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Donangelo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fort
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009154:Mutation