Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Tempo and mode of gene evolution revealed by the Lenski long-term evolution experiment
Donghui Xu, Haoyuan Wu, Yonghua Wu
The paper analyzes genomic data from the Lenski long-term evolution experiment to show that growth-related genes evolve earlier and faster than survival-related genes, with a general decline in evolutionary rates over time.
DOI 10.64898/2026.03.17.712273