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Experimental Evolution. Silke & Elsa Hopkins Microbiology. Selection for fit types in a variable population Selection pressure: antibiotic Mutants survive Are Nal R mutants less fit in an antibiotic -free environment? Tradeoff?.
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Experimental Evolution Silke & Elsa Hopkins Microbiology
Selection for fit types in a variable population • Selection pressure: antibiotic • Mutants survive • AreNalRmutantsless fit in anantibiotic-free environment? Tradeoff?
Select forNalRmutants (differentNal-Conc)correlation between selective pressure and number of mutants? • Nucleotide sequence of candidate genes Mutations? • Recovery of fitness during many generations when selection removed? Duration?
Suggestions: Maintain selective pressure for NalR Mutant up to “cage fight” ? Plate replicates and/or various timepoints