Experiments with microorganisms can guide thinking about the big questions being tackled by evolutionary biologists — for instance, how predation and immigration might play a role in adaptive radiation.
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M. MOFFETT/MINDEN PICTURES/FLPA, D. LITTSCHWAGER & S. MIDDLETON, A. BANNISTER/NHPA, T. BRAIN/SPL
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Gillespie, R., Emerson, B. Adaptation under a microscope. Nature 446, 386–387 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/446386a
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