New model systems for experimental evolution

Evolution. 2013 Jul;67(7):1847-8. doi: 10.1111/evo.12116. Epub 2013 May 29.

Abstract

Microbial experimental evolution uses a few well-characterized model systems to answer fundamental questions about how evolution works. This special section highlights novel model systems for experimental evolution, with a focus on marine model systems that can be used to understand evolutionary responses to global change in the oceans.

Keywords: Adaptation; experimental evolution; selection.

Publication types

  • Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacteria / genetics
  • Biological Evolution*
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics
  • Chlamydomonas / genetics
  • Marine Biology
  • Models, Biological
  • Oceans and Seas