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I wanted everyone to at least take a look at this paper, which cites the Travisano history, chance, and adaptation article.  It may come in handy for your grant proposals if you are planning on using experimental evolution. how-and-when-selection-experiments-are-useful.pdf

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Please read the following: Travisano et al. 1995

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Thanks to Abe and Sanjuro for bringing this article to our attention.  It’s attached here. giovannoni-et-al-pelagibacter-mlst.pdf

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For those of you who want to learn the basics of comparative genomics comparative-genomics-primer.pdf

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These reviews will help you better understand HGT and its relationship to microbial population genetics. hgt-mechanisms-and-barriers.pdf plasmid-hgt-in-situ.pdf

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HGT Review    hgt-gogarten-genome-evolution.pdf

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Please read the latest review by Cohan and Perry, “A Systematics for Discovering the Fundamental Units of Bacterial Diversity,”  Current Biology 2007: cohan-perry-current-biology-2007.pdf

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