Decoupling of genome size and sequence divergence in a symbiotic bacterium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3867-3869

  Wernegreen, Jennifer J ^a,b   Ochman, Howard ^a   Jones, Isaac B ^a   Moran, Nancy A ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BUCHNERA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034044069     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.13.3867-3869.2000     Document Type: Article

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