Recombination and clonality in natural populations of Escherichia coil

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-22

  Guttman, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLONAL ORGANISM; DNA SEQUENCING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECOMBINATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031436694     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(96)10057-4     Document Type: Review

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