Environmental sequence data from the sargasso sea reveal that the characteristics of genome reduction in prochlorococcus are not a harbinger for an escalation in genetic drift (Mol. Biol. Evol. (2009) 26 (5-13) DOI:10.1093/molbev/msn217);Environmental sequence data from the Sargasso Sea reveal that the characteristics of genome reduction in Prochlorococcus are not a harbinger for an escalation in genetic drift

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-13

  Hu, Jinghua ^a   Blanchard, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Endosymbionts; Genetic drift; Genomics; Metagenomics; Prochlorococcus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHLOROPLAST; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA REPAIR; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC TRAIT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; POPULATION SIZE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 57749176901     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn299     Document Type: Erratum

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