The impact of homologous recombination on the generation of diversity in bacteria

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 210-219

  Hanage, William P ^a   Fraser, Christophe ^a   Spratt, Brian G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial evolution; Diversity; Neutral model; Population structure; Recombination

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINATION;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING ERROR;

BACTERIA; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION BIAS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 33644613784     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.08.035     Document Type: Article

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