Experimental evolution: the rate of adaptive evolution.
Next-generation sequencing technology allows the identification of molecular changes that have arisen in the genomes of microorganisms undergoing experimental evolution. This permits the elucidation of the molecular evolutionary dynamics in these populations.
Institute of Genetics, School of Biology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 3RD, UK. john.brookfield@nottingham.ac.uk
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D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000235:genetics*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009154:Mutation; D013997:Time Factors