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Science 15 December 1978:
Vol. 202. no. 4373, pp. 1201 - 1203
DOI: 10.1126/science.202.4373.1201
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r and K Selection in Experimental Populations of Escherichia coli

LEO S. LUCKINBILL 1

1 Department of Biology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202

Populations were adapted in vitro under density-dependent and density-independent population controls. Comparison of strains fails to demonstrate any trade-off in adaptation under these population controls.

Submitted on April 24, 1978
Revised on August 21, 1978


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