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Metabolic models predict evolutionary dynamics

A coarse-grained model of bacterial metabolism quantitatively predicts the trade-off between drug-free growth rate and antibiotic resistance evolution.

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Fig. 1: Complex interaction among bacterial physiology, nutrient environment and antibiotic chemistry.

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Scott, M. Metabolic models predict evolutionary dynamics. Nat Ecol Evol 5, 560–561 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01405-3

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