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Whole-genome resequencing of Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 undergoing short-term laboratory evolution in lactate minimal media reveals flexible selection of adaptive mutations

Tom M Conrad1, Andrew R Joyce2, M Kenyon Applebee1, Christian L Barrett2, Bin Xie3, Yuan Gao3,4 and Bernhard Ø Palsson3*

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California, 92093-0332, USA

2 Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California, 92093-0412, USA

3 Department of Computer Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, 401 West Main Street, Richmond, Virginia, 23284-3019, USA

4 Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1000 W. Cary St., Richmond, Virginia, 23284-3068, USA

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Genome Biology 2009, 10:R118 doi:10.1186/gb-2009-10-10-r118

Published: 22 October 2009

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Additional data file 1:

Mutations reported for LactA, LactB, LactC, LactD, and LactE strains using Nimblegen CGS arrays.

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Mutations reported for all strains using Solexa sequencing.

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False negative rate of our mutation detection algorithm using a reference sequence genome with 'mutations' inserted at known locations.

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Regulons enriched for differential expression in LactA, LactB, LactC, LactD, and LactE strains.

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The presence and absence of mutations at time points or in colonies were used for determination of mutation trajectory and population mutation penetration.

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Primers used in this study.

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