Inference and analysis of the relative stability of bacterial chromosomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 513-522

  Rocha, Eduardo P C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Evolution; Gene order; Genome stability; Rearrangements; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; CALIBRATION; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME SIZE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; ORTHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIA; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33244455720     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj052     Document Type: Article

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