Long-term experimental evolution in Escherichia coli. I. Adaptation and divergence during 2,000 generations RE Lenski, MR Rose, SC Simpson, SC Tadler The American Naturalist 138 (6), 1315-1341, 1991 | 1871 | 1991 |
Evolution experiments with microorganisms: the dynamics and genetic bases of adaptation SF Elena, RE Lenski Nature Reviews Genetics 4 (6), 457-469, 2003 | 1639 | 2003 |
Genome evolution and adaptation in a long-term experiment with Escherichia coli JE Barrick, DS Yu, SH Yoon, H Jeong, TK Oh, D Schneider, RE Lenski, ... Nature 461 (7268), 1243-1247, 2009 | 1393 | 2009 |
Dynamics of adaptation and diversification: a 10,000-generation experiment with bacterial populations RE Lenski, M Travisano Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 91 (15), 6808-6814, 1994 | 1195 | 1994 |
Does evolutionary theory need a rethink? No, all is well. GA Wray, HE Hoekstra, DJ Futuyma, RE Lenski, TF Mackay, D Schluter, ... Nature 514 (7521), 161-164, 2014 | 1128* | 2014 |
The fate of competing beneficial mutations in an asexual population PJ Gerrish, RE Lenski Genetica 102, 127-144, 1998 | 1097 | 1998 |
Historical contingency and the evolution of a key innovation in an experimental population of Escherichia coli ZD Blount, CZ Borland, RE Lenski Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (23), 7899-7906, 2008 | 1074 | 2008 |
Evolution of high mutation rates in experimental populations of E. coli PD Sniegowski, PJ Gerrish, RE Lenski Nature 387 (6634), 703-705, 1997 | 1065 | 1997 |
The Black Queen Hypothesis: evolution of dependencies through adaptive gene loss JJ Morris, RE Lenski, ER Zinser MBio 3 (2), e00036-12, 2012 | 1007 | 2012 |
Adaptive evolution of highly mutable loci in pathogenic bacteria ER Moxon, PB Rainey, MA Nowak, RE Lenski Current biology 4 (1), 24-33, 1994 | 947 | 1994 |
The planned introduction of genetically engineered organisms: ecological considerations and recommendations JM Tiedje, RK Colwell, YL Grossman, RE Hodson, RE Lenski, RN Mack, ... Ecology 70 (2), 298-315, 1989 | 892 | 1989 |
The evolutionary origin of complex features RE Lenski, C Ofria, RT Pennock, C Adami Nature, 2003 | 874 | 2003 |
Experimental evolution TJ Kawecki, RE Lenski, D Ebert, B Hollis, I Olivieri, MC Whitlock Trends in ecology & evolution 27 (10), 547-560, 2012 | 868 | 2012 |
Evolution of digital organisms at high mutation rates leads to survival of the flattest CO Wilke, JL Wang, C Ofria, RE Lenski, C Adami Nature 412 (6844), 331-333, 2001 | 776 | 2001 |
Genome dynamics during experimental evolution JE Barrick, RE Lenski Nature Reviews Genetics 14 (12), 827-839, 2013 | 740 | 2013 |
The dynamics of molecular evolution over 60,000 generations BH Good, MJ McDonald, JE Barrick, RE Lenski, MM Desai Nature 551 (7678), 45-50, 2017 | 703 | 2017 |
Genomic analysis of a key innovation in an experimental Escherichia coli population ZD Blount, JE Barrick, CJ Davidson, RE Lenski Nature 489 (7417), 513-518, 2012 | 673 | 2012 |
Negative epistasis between beneficial mutations in an evolving bacterial population AI Khan, DM Dinh, D Schneider, RE Lenski, TF Cooper Science 332 (6034), 1193-1196, 2011 | 625 | 2011 |
The population genetics of ecological specialization in evolving Escherichia coli populations VS Cooper, RE Lenski Nature 407 (6805), 736-739, 2000 | 623 | 2000 |
Linking genetic change to community evolution: insights from studies of bacteria and bacteriophage BJM Bohannan, RE Lenski Ecology letters 3 (4), 362-377, 2000 | 606 | 2000 |