MicrobiologyMathematical biology

Simple birth-death-mutation models predict some—but not all—aspects of the experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance

Elin Lilja, Rosalind J. Allen, Bartlomiej Waclaw

Journal
PLOS Computational Biology
Published
2026
DOI
10.1371/journal.pcbi.1014666
Subjects
MicrobiologyMathematical biology

Experimental evolution data are used to test where simple birth-death-mutation models succeed and fail for antibiotic resistance.