Bacterial evolution: Jittery genomes

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 1999, Pages

  Ochman, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033166788     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80302-9     Document Type: Note

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