Evolutionary rescue from extinction is contingent on a lower rate of environmental change

Haley A. Lindsey, Jenna Gallie, Susan Taylor and Benjamin Kerr ()
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Haley A. Lindsey: University of Washington
Jenna Gallie: University of Washington
Susan Taylor: University of Washington
Benjamin Kerr: University of Washington

Nature, 2013, vol. 494, issue 7438, 463-467

Abstract: Populations experiencing environmental change can often only avoid extinction through evolutionary change; in a system in which Escherichia coli has to evolve resistance to an antibiotic, the authors show that gradual environmental change allows mutational pathways that rapid change precludes, and can therefore make the difference between extinction and survival.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1038/nature11879

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