Effects of periodic bottlenecks on the dynamics of adaptive evolution in microbial populations
M. Izutsu, D. M. Lake, Z. W. D. Matson, J. P. Dodson, R. E. Lenski
This study investigates how periodic bottlenecks affect adaptive evolution in microbial populations, finding that the optimal dilution factor depends on the frequency of beneficial mutations.
bioRxiv · Dec 29, 2021Evolutionary Biology