Escherichia coli cultures maintain stable subpopulation structure during long-term evolution [Evolution]

How genetic variation is generated and maintained remains a central question in evolutionary biology. When presented with a complex environment, microbes can take advantage of genetic variation to exploit new niches. Here we present a massively parallel experiment where WT and repair-deficient (∆mutL) Escherichia coli populations have evolved over 3...

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