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R E Lenski

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Top papers

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1 The fate of competing beneficial mutations in an asexual population. Genetica 1998 9.60
2 Evolution of high mutation rates in experimental populations of E. coli. Nature 1997 8.68
3 Test of synergistic interactions among deleterious mutations in bacteria. Nature 1997 6.40
4 Adaptive evolution of highly mutable loci in pathogenic bacteria. Curr Biol 1994 6.17
5 Evolution of a bacteria/plasmid association. Nature 1988 6.00
6 The population genetics of ecological specialization in evolving Escherichia coli populations. Nature 2000 5.80
7 Punctuated evolution caused by selection of rare beneficial mutations. Science 1996 5.27
8 Diminishing returns from mutation supply rate in asexual populations. Science 1999 4.25
9 Experimental tests of the roles of adaptation, chance, and history in evolution. Science 1995 4.06
10 Evolution of digital organisms at high mutation rates leads to survival of the flattest. Nature 2001 3.92
11 Mechanisms causing rapid and parallel losses of ribose catabolism in evolving populations of Escherichia coli B. J Bacteriol 2001 3.84
12 Developmental cheating in the social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Nature 2000 3.58
13 Genomic evolution during a 10,000-generation experiment with bacteria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999 3.27
14 Long-term experimental evolution in Escherichia coli. IV. Targets of selection and the specificity of adaptation. Genetics 1996 3.16
15 Genome-wide mutational diversity in an evolving population of Escherichia coli. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 2009 3.03
16 Hierarchical analysis of linkage disequilibrium in Rhizobium populations: evidence for sex? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992 2.89
17 New data on excisions of Mu from E. coli MCS2 cast doubt on directed mutation hypothesis. Nature 1990 2.81
18 Long-term experimental evolution in Escherichia coli. IX. Characterization of insertion sequence-mediated mutations and rearrangements. Genetics 2000 2.75
19 Distribution of fitness effects caused by random insertion mutations in Escherichia coli. Genetica 1998 2.35
20 Rapid evolution in response to high-temperature selection. Nature 1990 2.28
21 Evolution of thermal dependence of growth rate of Escherichia coli populations during 20,000 generations in a constant environment. Evolution 2001 1.90
22 Loss of social behaviors by myxococcus xanthus during evolution in an unstructured habitat. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998 1.90
23 Effects of carriage and expression of the Tn10 tetracycline-resistance operon on the fitness of Escherichia coli K12. Mol Biol Evol 1989 1.87
24 Climate change and the integrity of science. Science 2010 1.80
25 Evidence for multiple adaptive peaks from populations of bacteria evolving in a structured habitat. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994 1.76
26 Quantifying fitness and gene stability in microorganisms. Biotechnology 1991 1.66
27 Pervasive compensatory adaptation in Escherichia coli. Proc Biol Sci 2000 1.64
28 Temperature acclimation and competitive fitness: an experimental test of the beneficial acclimation assumption. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994 1.63
29 Contribution of individual random mutations to genotype-by-environment interactions in Escherichia coli. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001 1.54
30 The curse of the pharaoh: the evolution of virulence in pathogens with long living propagules. Proc Biol Sci 1996 1.50
31 Coevolution of bacteria and phage: are there endless cycles of bacterial defenses and phage counterdefenses? J Theor Biol 1984 1.43
32 Coexistence of two competitors on one resource and one inhibitor: a chemostat model based on bacteria and antibiotics. J Theor Biol 1986 1.39
33 Evolutionary response of escherichia coli to thermal stress. Am Nat 1993 1.31
34 Mutation, recombination, and incipient speciation of bacteria in the laboratory. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999 1.28
35 Evolutionary adaptation to temperature. VIII. Effects of temperature on growth rate in natural isolates of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica from different thermal environments. Evolution 2001 1.22
36 Parallel and divergent genotypic evolution in experimental populations of Ralstonia sp. J Bacteriol 1998 1.20
37 Two-step resistance by Escherichia coli B to bacteriophage T2. Genetics 1984 1.16
38 Another alternative to directed mutation. Nature 1989 1.10
39 Epistasis between new mutations and genetic background and a test of genetic canalization. Evolution 2001 1.05
40 Experimental rejection of a nonadaptive explanation for increased cell size in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 1996 1.02
41 Experimental evidence for an alternative to directed mutation in the bgl operon. Nature 1992 1.01
42 Rapid phenotypic change and diversification of a soil bacterium during 1000 generations of experimental evolution. Microbiology 2001 0.95
43 Evolution of plague virulence. Nature 1988 0.91
44 "Adaptive mutation": the debate goes on. Science 1995 0.91
45 Sex and Death in Protozoa. The History of an Obsession. Graham Bell. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1989. xiv, 199 pp., illus. $44.50. Science 1990 0.88
46 Historical and contingent factors affect re-evolution of a complex feature lost during mass extinction in communities of digital organisms. J Evol Biol 2008 0.86
47 The acquisition of hypovirulence in host-pathogen systems with three trophic levels. Am Nat 1998 0.85
48 Evolutionary adaptation to temperature. IX. Preadaptation to novel stressful environments of Escherichia coli adapted to high temperature. Evolution 2001 0.84
49 Adaptive evolution of highly mutable loci in pathogenic bacteria. Perspect Biol Med 1998 0.84
50 Response. Science 1993 0.81
51 Phenotypic and evolutionary adaptation of a model bacterial system to stressful thermal environments. EXS 1997 0.76
52 Response. Science 1993 0.75
53 Response: mechanisms of punctuated evolution. Science 1996 0.75
54 No mercy. Science 2000 0.75