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Z. D. Blount

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Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 2 Organism:E. coli· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Genomic and phenotypic evolution of Escherichia coli in a novel citrate-only resource environment

Z. D. Blount, R. Maddamsetti, N. A. Grant, S. T. Ahmed, T. Jagdish, B. A. Sommerfeld, A. Tillman, J. P. Moore, J. L. Slonczewski, J. E. Barrick, R. E. Lenski

This study examines the genomic and phenotypic evolution of Escherichia coli in a citrate-only environment, identifying copy-number variations and transposable elements as key factors, while noting persistent physiological mismatches.

bioRxiv · Jan 22, 2020Evolutionary Biology

On the deformability of an empirical fitness landscape by microbial evolution

D. Bajic, J. C. C. Vila, Z. D. Blount, A. Sanchez

This study examines how metabolic mutations deform the fitness landscape of E. coli, showing short-range limited effects but long-term legacy impacts on evolutionary trajectories.

bioRxiv · Apr 2, 2018Evolutionary Biology