The evolution of bacterial transformation: Sex with poor relations

Genetics

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-38

  Redfield, Rosemary J ^a   Schrag, Matthew R ^b   Dean, Antony M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Department of Biological Chemistry Chicago Medical School ^*  (United States)

^d ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL TRANSFORMATION; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030984550     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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