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Ryan K. Fritts

University of Colorado BoulderORCID 0000-0002-5528-4982Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintJan 23, 2025

Microbial cross-feeding is stabilized when a dependent mutant is segregated from its independent ancestor

Olivia F Schakel, Ryan K. Fritts, Anthony J. Zmuda…·James B. McKinlay

The paper shows that gene-loss mutants can persist in microbial communities when spatially separated from their competitive ancestors, even without a growth rate advantage.

DOI 10.1101/2025.01.23.634601

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