Cox E C, Gibson T C
Genetics. 1974 Jun;77(2):169-84. doi: 10.1093/genetics/77.2.169.
Competition experiments in chemostats show that mutator populations of Escherichia coli are more fit than wild type. The increased fitness can be explained by the appearance of new mutants better adapted to the chemostat environment. Fitness values vary between chemostats and are strongly correlated (P < 0.001) with fluctuations in population density.
恒化器中的竞争实验表明,大肠杆菌的突变体群体比野生型更具适应性。适应性的提高可以通过出现更适应恒化器环境的新突变体来解释。不同恒化器中的适应性值各不相同,并且与种群密度的波动密切相关(P < 0.001)。