Widespread recombination throughout Wolbachia genomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 437-449

  Baldo, Laura ^a   Bordenstein, Seth ^b   Wernegreen, Jennifer J ^b   Werren, John H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Homologous recombination; Reproductive parasitism; Symbiosis; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFER; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; WOLBACHIA;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); WOLBACHIA;

EID: 30744438566     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj049     Document Type: Article

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