Gene Transfer in Bacteria: Speciation without Species?

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 449-460

  Lawrence, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Homologous recombination; Horizontal gene transfer; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; GENE TRANSFER; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIUM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036598066     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.2002.1587     Document Type: Article

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