Analysis of recombination in Campylobacter jejuni from MLST population data

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 333-340

  Fearnhead, Paul ^a   Smith, Nick G C ^a   Barrigas, Mishele ^b   Fox, Andrew ^c   French, Nigel ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Campylobacter; Helicobacter; MLST; Recombination rate; Recombination tract length

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIRD; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HAPLOTYPES; MUTAGENESIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AVES; BOS TAURUS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; HELICOBACTER; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 25144485341     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-0316-0     Document Type: Article

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