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Understanding the pieces of all those meeces: characterizing mice gut microbiota
In an age where a tremendous amount of data is generated, this week has seen some moves towards providing open access to extensive data sets. These attempts have been in the realm of chemistry as well as microbiology, where in a … Continue reading
Posted in community ecology, genomics, microbiology
Tagged microbiome, mouse, mouse genome, public database
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The broom of the system: Tracking soft selective sweeps in bacteria colonizing the gut
A growing body of population genetic evidence suggests that adaptive evolutionary change often proceeds via soft selective sweeps, in which beneficial mutations on multiple genetic backgrounds—and potentially at multiple loci—all increase in frequency, but none achieve fixation. This process has … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, microbiology, population genetics
Tagged E coli, gut microbiota, mouse
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