Adaptive value of sex in microbial pathogens

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-285

  Michod, Richard E ^a   Bernstein, Harris ^b   Nedelcu, Aurora M ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial transformation; DNA repair; Evolution of sex; Microbial pathogens; Multiplicity reactivation; Oxidative stress; Recombination

Indexed keywords

DNA; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA REPAIR; FUNGUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MICROORGANISM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FUNGI; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX; VIRAL PHYSIOLOGY; VIRUSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 42649136547     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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