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Identify the metabolites expected to change drastically in the mutant and indicate whether you expect the concentration to increase or decrease

Representative abundances of selected metabolites found in a small molecule extract (SME) from your designated wild-type bacterial strain are shown in the table below. Note: These reported abundances are dependent on the solubility and ionization characteristics of each compound within this complex mixture. They, therefore, have no direct connection with the metabolite concentrations in the […]

What benefits does that phenotype have over the alternative possible phenotypes?

Q5.4.2 What model of selection is going on in this scenario? How do you know? (i.e. How do the relative fitness values compare to one another)? Q5.4.3 What phenotype is being favored? What benefits does that phenotype have over the alternative possible phenotypes? Q5.4.4 Will this population go to fixation? If so, which allele will […]