Luria-Delbruck
Author(s): Tony Weisstein1, John R Jungck2, Doug Green3
1. Truman State University 2. Interdisciplinary Science Learning Center at the University of Delaware 3. Saint Michael's College
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Description
These two workbooks model the evolution of phage resistance in a bacterial population under two alternative hypotheses. Under the hypothesis of acquired immunity, mutation produces some resistant bacteria even in the absence of phage; this resistance can be passed to their offspring. Under the mutation hypothesis, by contrast, mutation produces some resistant bacteria even in the absence of phage; again, this resistance can be passed to their offspring. Predictions of the two models can be compared to each other and to actual data.
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- Weisstein, T. E., Jungck, J. R., Green, D. (2018). Luria-Delbruck. ESTEEM, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/Q40H75