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| The emergence and maintenance of diversity: insights from experimental bacterial populations |
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| Author(s): Rainey PB, Buckling A, Kassen R, Travisano M |
| Source: TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION Volume: 15 Issue: 6 Pages: 243-247 Published: JUN 2000 |
| Times Cited: 75 References: 42 |
| Abstract: Mechanisms maintaining genetic and phenotypic variation in natural populations are central issues in ecology and evolution. However, the long generation times of most organisms and the complexity of natural environments have made elucidation of ecological and evolutionary mechanisms difficult. Experiments using bacterial populations propagated in controlled environments reduce ecosystem complexity to the point where understanding simple processes in isolation becomes possible. Recent studies reveal the circumstances and mechanisms that promote the emergence of stable polymorphisms. |
| Document Type: Review |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Rainey, PB (reprint author), Univ Oxford, Dept Plant Sci, S Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3RB, England |
Addresses:
1. Univ Oxford, Dept Plant Sci, Oxford OX1 3RB, England
2. McGill Univ, Dept Biol, Montreal, PQ H3A 1B1 Canada
3. Univ Houston, Dept Biol & Biochem, Houston, TX 77204 USA |
| Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON, 84 THEOBALDS RD, LONDON WC1X 8RR, ENGLAND |
| Subject Category: Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; Genetics & Heredity |
| IDS Number: 316HD |
| ISSN: 0169-5347 |
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