Decreasing the effects of horizontal gene transfer on bacterial phylogeny: The Escherichia coli case study

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 243-250

  Escobar Páramo, Patricia ^a   Sabbagh, Audrey ^b   Darlu, Pierre ^b   Pradillon, Olivier ^a   Vaury, Christelle ^c   Denamur, Erick ^a   Lecointre, Guillaume ^d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Congruence; ECOR collection; Escherichia coli; Horizontal gene transfer; Incongruence length difference test

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0347093471     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00181-7     Document Type: Article

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