Spatial heterogeneity of an ecologically relevant environment accelerates diversification and adaptation.
S. van Houte, D. Padfield, P. Gomez, A. M. Lujan, M. Brockhurst, S. Paterson, A. Buckling
The paper shows that spatial heterogeneity in soil compost promotes phenotypic diversification and accelerates adaptation in Pseudomonas fluorescens.
bioRxiv · Nov 11, 2019 · PreprintEcology