Evolthon: A community endeavor to evolve lab evolution.

In experimental evolution, scientists evolve organisms in the lab, typically by challenging them to new environmental conditions. How best to evolve a desired trait? Should the challenge be applied abruptly, gradually, periodically, sporadically? Should one apply chemical mutagenesis, and do strains...

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Main Authors: Sivan Kaminski Strauss, Dvir Schirman, Ghil Jona, Aaron N Brooks, Aditya M Kunjapur, Alex N Nguyen Ba, Alice Flint, Andras Solt, Andreas Mershin, Atray Dixit, Avihu H Yona, Bálint Csörgő, Bede Phillip Busby, Bianca P Hennig, Csaba Pál, Daniel Schraivogel, Daniel Schultz, David G Wernick, Deepa Agashe, Dikla Levi, Dmitry Zabezhinsky, Dor Russ, Ehud Sass, Einat Tamar, Elad Herz, Emmanuel D Levy, George M Church, Idan Yelin, Iftach Nachman, Jeffrey E Gerst, Joseph M Georgeson, Katarzyna P Adamala, Lars M Steinmetz, Marc Rübsam, Markus Ralser, Michael Klutstein, Michael M Desai, Nilima Walunjkar, Ning Yin, Noa Aharon Hefetz, Noah Jakimo, Olga Snitser, Omri Adini, Prashant Kumar, Rachel Soo Hoo Smith, Razi Zeidan, Ronen Hazan, Roni Rak, Roy Kishony, Shannon Johnson, Shira Nouriel, Sibylle C Vonesch, Simmie Foster, Tal Dagan, Tanita Wein, Thrasyvoulos Karydis, Timothy M Wannier, Timothy Stiles, Viridiana Olin-Sandoval, William F Mueller, Yinon M Bar-On, Orna Dahan, Yitzhak Pilpel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-03-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000182