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, Joseph H. Marcus, Jared Carlson-Stevermer, 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.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · May 11, 2015Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology