Comparison of the evolutionary dynamics of symbiotic and housekeeping loci: A case for the genetic coherence of rhizobial lineages

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 98-113

  Wernegreen, Jennifer J ^a   Riley, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Evolution; Horizontal transfer; Nodulation; Phylogenetic congruence; Plasmid; Rhizobia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

AGROBACTERIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0032926125     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026041     Document Type: Article

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