The relative contributions of recombination and point mutation to the diversification of bacterial clones

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 602-606

  Spratt, Brian G ^a   Hanage, William P ^a   Feil, Edward J ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034798494     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(00)00257-5     Document Type: Review

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