The relative contributions of recombination and mutation to the divergence of clones of Neisseria meningitidis

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1496-1502

  Feil, Edward J ^a   Maiden, Martin C J ^a   Achtman, Mark ^b   Spratt, Brian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clonal divergence; Multilocus sequence typing; Mutation; Neisseria meningitidis; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0032733829     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026061     Document Type: Article

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