Dynamics of linkage disequilibrium in bacterial genomes undergoing transformation and/or conjugation

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 663-676

  Clark, A G ^a   Zheng, Y ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene conversion; Hitchhiking; Linkage disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030669487     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000360050047     Document Type: Article

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