Florida International University Biology Study of Adaptive Radiation Paper

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It turns out that stability of the environmental characteristics in which living organisms occur can shape the outcome of competition (short term impact) and might eventually have evolutionary implications. Read the paper by Pekkonen et al (2013) (Links to an external site.) and answer the following questions (you might also consult other text)

1. Why the authors used bacteria to test their hypothesis?
2. How did they measure fitness?
3. What evolutionary changes the authors detected during the experiment?
4. How long was the experiment?
5. Did the authors find evidences of adaptive radiation?
6. What’s your opinion about the paper? (was it well written?, accurate conclusion?, did the results have practicable implications?)

Article: Pekkonen et al. (2013). “Resource Availability and Competition Shape the Evolution of Survival and Growth Ability in a Bacterial Community.” (Links to an external site.) (PDF)