Sexual isolation in bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 161-169

  Majewski, Jacek ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterium; Recombination; Selection pressure; Sexual isolation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RNA 16S;

ALLELE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BASE MISPAIRING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035972889     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00183-5     Document Type: Article

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