Chromosomal changes during experimental evolution in laboratory populations of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1360-1363

  Bergthorsson, Ulfar ^a,b   Ochman, Howard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME SIZE; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RESTRICTION SITE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033058808     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1360-1363.1999     Document Type: Article

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