Mutation rates: Estimating phase variation rates when fitness differences are present and their impact on population structure

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 485-495

  Saunders, Nigel J ^a,c   Moxon, E Richard ^a   Gravenor, Mike B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL POPULATION; CELL VIABILITY; GENETIC STABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTATION RATE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

BACTERIA; GENETICS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS); STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037292573     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.25807-0     Document Type: Review

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