Rapid evolution of adaptive niche construction in experimental microbial populations
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Rapid evolution of adaptive niche construction in experimental microbial populations.
Many species engage in adaptive niche construction: modification of the local environment that increases the modifying organism's competitive fitness. Adaptive niche construction provides an alternative pathway to higher fitness, shaping the environment rather than conforming to it. Yet, experimental evidence for the evolutionary emergence of adaptive niche construction is lacking, leaving its ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Evolution
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0014-3820
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12512