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The Beagle in a bottle.

Abstract:: Why infer evolution when you can watch it happen in real time? This is the basic premise of using populations of fast-replicating microorganisms in test tubes to study evolution. The approach, known as experimental evolution, has provided a way of testing many of the key hypotheses that arose from the modern evolutionary synthesis. However, details of the unnatural histories of microorganisms in test tubes can be extrapolated only so far. Potential future directions for the approach include studying microbial evolution for its own sake under the most natural conditions possible in the test tube, and testing some qualitative theories of genome evolution.

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Buckling, A., Maclean, R., Brockhurst, M., & Colegrave, N. (2009). The Beagle in a bottle. Nature, 457(7231), 824–829.

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Buckling, A., et al. “The Beagle in a Bottle.” Nature, vol. 457, no. 7231, 2009, pp. 824–29.

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Buckling, A, R Maclean, M Brockhurst, and N Colegrave. 2009. “The Beagle in a Bottle.” Nature 457 (7231): 824–29.
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Publisher copy:: 10.1038/nature07892

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+ Buckling, A More by this author

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+ Maclean, R More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MPLS
Department:: Zoology
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+ Brockhurst, M More by this author

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+ Colegrave, N More by this author

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Journal:: Nature More from this journal
Volume:: 457
Issue:: 7231
Pages:: 824-829
Publication date:: 2009-02-01
DOI:: 10.1038/nature07892
EISSN:: 1476-4687
ISSN:: 0028-0836

Language:: English
Keywords:: Animals

Bacteria

Bacterial Physiological Phenomena

Biological Evolution

Biodiversity

Selection, Genetic
Pubs id:: pubs:210722
UUID:: uuid:2f8399e9-e123-4ab2-ad9a-eb648ef2d89c
Local pid:: pubs:210722
Source identifiers:: 210722
Deposit date:: 2013-11-16

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Copyright date:: 2009

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