2014
Antibiotic resistance correlates with transmission in plasmid evolution
Turner PE, Williams ES, Okeke C, Cooper VS, Duffy S, Wertz JE. Antibiotic resistance correlates with transmission in plasmid evolution. Evolution 2014, 68: 3368-3380. PMID: 25351426, DOI: 10.1111/evo.12537.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarbon source utilizationPreliminary sequence analysisAntibiotic resistance correlatesFitness assaysQuantitative traitsSelection pressureBacterial hostsResistance levelsPhenotypic performancePlasmid-bearing cellsGenetic rearrangementsTransfer operonSequence analysisPlasmid evolutionPlasmid conjugationCommon competitorPhenotypic correlationsShufflon regionTetracycline resistance transposonAutonomous replicatorPlasmidHorizontal transmissionDivergencePlasmid resistancePlasmid lineages
1997
Long-term experimental evolution in Escherichia coli. V. Effects of recombination with immigrant genotypes on the rate of bacterial evolution
Souza V, Turner P, Lenski R. Long-term experimental evolution in Escherichia coli. V. Effects of recombination with immigrant genotypes on the rate of bacterial evolution. Journal Of Evolutionary Biology 1997, 10: 743-769. DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1997.10050743.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMean fitnessGenetic variationAdaptive evolutionSexual recombinationRecombinant genotypesLong-term experimental evolutionGenetic changesEstimated recombination rateCommon competitorEscherichia coliThousands of generationsImmigrant genotypesBacterial evolutionExperimental evolutionAsexual populationsEcological interactionsImmigrant poolBeneficial mutationsAncestral alleleSelective advantageConstant environmentHfr donorsNovel genotypesSelection dynamicsFitness