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periodic selection: a standalone construct

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Microbial genetics

repeated takeovers of a culture by successive beneficial mutants, seen as stepwise fitness jumps.

In microbial genetics, periodic selection refers to repeated takeovers of a culture by successive beneficial mutants, seen as stepwise fitness jumps. This meaning comes from Atwood (1951) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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References

Atwood, K. C., Schneider, L. K., & Ryan, F. J. (1951). Periodic Selection in Escherichia Coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 37(3), 146-155. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.37.3.146

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