. . . "University of Cincinnati"@en . "2011"^^ . "Zachary Blount"@en . . "Zachary Blount"@en . "The Evolution of a Key Innovation in an Experimental Population of Escherichia coli: A Tale of Opportunity, Contingency, and Co-Option."@en . . "Zachary D. Blount is an American evolutionary biologist best known for his work on the evolution of a key innovation, aerobic growth on citrate, in one of the twelve populations of the E. coli long-term evolution experiment. Blount is a research assistant professor working with Richard Lenski at Michigan State University. He was previously a postdoctoral research assistant for Lenski, and was a visiting assistant professor of biology at Kenyon College from 2018 to 2019."@en . . . . . . . . . "Zachary Blount in front of a tower of petri dishes used in his experiment."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Georgia Institute of Technology"@en . . . . . . . . "Microbiology"@en . "7667"^^ . . . . . . . . . "American"@en . . . . "PhD, Master's Degree"@en . . "Zachary Blount"@en . . "49654483"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1095947199"^^ . . "Zachary D. Blount is an American evolutionary biologist best known for his work on the evolution of a key innovation, aerobic growth on citrate, in one of the twelve populations of the E. coli long-term evolution experiment. Blount is a research assistant professor working with Richard Lenski at Michigan State University. He was previously a postdoctoral research assistant for Lenski, and was a visiting assistant professor of biology at Kenyon College from 2018 to 2019."@en . . "Molecular Genetics"@en . . . . "The Beacon Center for the Study of Evolution in Action"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Kenyon College"@en . . . .