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Size evolution in microorganisms masks trade-offs predicted by the growth rate hypothesis
2016
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences
Adaptation to local resource availability depends on responses in growth rate and nutrient acquisition. The growth rate hypothesis (GRH) suggests that growing fast should impair competitive abilities for phosphorus and nitrogen due to high demand for biosynthesis. However, in microorganisms, size influences both growth and uptake rates, which may mask trade-offs and instead generate a positive relationship between these traits (size hypothesis, SH). Here, we evolved a gradient of maximum growth
doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.2272
pmid:28003453
pmcid:PMC5204171
fatcat:pbihxvaajfcnpcpvo5yrikijfq