Positive selection and recombination: Major molecular mechanisms in colicin diversification

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 348-351

  Tan, Ying ^a   Riley, Margaret A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031440962     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01127-0     Document Type: Review

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