Collective behavior and nongenetic inheritance allow bacterial populations to adapt to changing environments
Mattingly H, Emonet T. Collective behavior and nongenetic inheritance allow bacterial populations to adapt to changing environments. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2022, 119: e2117377119. PMID: 35727978, PMCID: PMC9245662, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2117377119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNongenetic inheritanceCollective migrationPhenotype compositionIsogenic populationsDifferential lossSwimming phenotypeCell divisionBacterial populationsCell growthMultiple environmentsPhenotypePhenotypic compositionDifferent phenotypesInheritanceChemotactic bacteriaModel systemHigh inheritanceMigration speedDifferent environmentsNew environmentCollective behaviorMigrationPopulationGrowthDiversity