Fast Growth Increases the Selective Advantage of a Mutation Arising Recurrently during Evolution under Metal Limitation

Hsin-Hung Chou; Julia Berthet; Christopher J. Marx

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000652

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Fast Growth Increases the Selective Advantage of a Mutation Arising Recurrently during Evolution under Metal Limitation

Hsin-Hung Chou,

Affiliation Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Julia Berthet,

Current address: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Christopher J. Marx

* E-mail: cmarx@oeb.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Fast Growth Increases the Selective Advantage of a Mutation Arising Recurrently during Evolution under Metal Limitation

Hsin-Hung Chou,
Julia Berthet,
Christopher J. Marx

Published: September 18, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000652

About the Authors

Hsin-Hung Chou

Affiliation Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Julia Berthet

Current address: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christopher J. Marx

* E-mail: cmarx@oeb.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HHC. Performed the experiments: HHC JB. Analyzed the data: HHC JB CJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HHC CJM. Wrote the paper: HHC CJM.

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