Recombination Speeds Adaptation by Reducing Competition between Beneficial Mutations in Populations of Escherichia coli Export

@article{citeulike:5692870, abstract = {Why there is sexual reproduction is an important question. Here the authors show that making bacteria have sex allows faster accumulation and fixation of beneficial mutations.}, author = {Cooper, Tim F.}, citeulike-article-id = {5692870}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050225}, day = {21}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pbio.0050225}, journal = {PLoS Biol}, month = {August}, number = {9}, pages = {e225+}, posted-at = {2009-10-15 09:26:15}, priority = {3}, publisher = {Public Library of Science}, title = {Recombination Speeds Adaptation by Reducing Competition between Beneficial Mutations in Populations of Escherichia coli}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050225}, volume = {5}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5692870 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5692870 N2 - Why there is sexual reproduction is an important question. Here the authors show that making bacteria have sex allows faster accumulation and fixation of beneficial mutations. IS - 9 JF - PLoS Biol TI - Recombination Speeds Adaptation by Reducing Competition between Beneficial Mutations in Populations of Escherichia coli PB - Public Library of Science VL - 5 SP - e225 AU - Cooper, Tim PY - 2007/08/21/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050225 ER -