Evolutionary BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
How the tortoise beats the hare: Slow and steady adaptation in structured populations suggests a rugged fitness landscape in bacteria
Joshua R. Nahum, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Brittany N. Harding…·Benjamin Kerr
The paper shows structured populations of bacteria adapt more slowly initially but eventually surpass unstructured populations in fitness, indicating a rugged adaptive landscape.
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1410631112