Convergence of Campylobacter species: Implications for bacterial evolution

Science

Volumn 320, Issue 5873, 2008, Pages 237-239

  Sheppard, Samuel K ^a   McCarthy, Noel D ^a   Falush, Daniel ^a,b   Maiden, Martin C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZOONOSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ALLELES; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INTESTINES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; METAZOA;

EID: 42049090179     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1155532     Document Type: Article

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