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Experimental Evolution in Tetrahymena
Experimental evolution has provided novel insight into a wide array of biological processes. Species in the genus Tetrahymena are proving to be a highly useful system for studying a range of questions using experimental evolution. Their unusual genomic architecture, diversity of life history traits,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8877770/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35208869 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10020414 |
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author | Plum, Karissa Tarkington, Jason Zufall, Rebecca A. |
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description | Experimental evolution has provided novel insight into a wide array of biological processes. Species in the genus Tetrahymena are proving to be a highly useful system for studying a range of questions using experimental evolution. Their unusual genomic architecture, diversity of life history traits, importance as both predator and prey, and amenability to laboratory culture allow them to be studied in a variety of contexts. In this paper, we review what we are learning from experimental evolution with Tetrahymena about mutation, adaptation, and eco-evolutionary dynamics. We predict that future experimental evolution studies using Tetrahyemena will continue to shed new light on these processes. |
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spelling | pubmed-88777702022-02-26 Experimental Evolution in Tetrahymena Plum, Karissa Tarkington, Jason Zufall, Rebecca A. Microorganisms Review Experimental evolution has provided novel insight into a wide array of biological processes. Species in the genus Tetrahymena are proving to be a highly useful system for studying a range of questions using experimental evolution. Their unusual genomic architecture, diversity of life history traits, importance as both predator and prey, and amenability to laboratory culture allow them to be studied in a variety of contexts. In this paper, we review what we are learning from experimental evolution with Tetrahymena about mutation, adaptation, and eco-evolutionary dynamics. We predict that future experimental evolution studies using Tetrahyemena will continue to shed new light on these processes. MDPI 2022-02-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8877770/ /pubmed/35208869 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10020414 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Plum, Karissa Tarkington, Jason Zufall, Rebecca A. Experimental Evolution in Tetrahymena |
title | Experimental Evolution in Tetrahymena |
title_full | Experimental Evolution in Tetrahymena |
title_fullStr | Experimental Evolution in Tetrahymena |
title_full_unstemmed | Experimental Evolution in Tetrahymena |
title_short | Experimental Evolution in Tetrahymena |
title_sort | experimental evolution in tetrahymena |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8877770/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35208869 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10020414 |
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