Horizontal gene transfer and phylogenetics

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 498-505

  Philippe, Hervé ^a   Douady, Christophe J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0242354974     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2003.09.008     Document Type: Review

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