Genetic Recombination and Bacterial Population Structure

Bacterial Population Genetics in Infectious Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 61-85

  Martin, Darren P ^a   Beiko, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial genetic recombination analysis exploratory and query vs. reference methods; Gene sharing patterns in major microbial lineages; Lateral gene transfer (LGT) influencing sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751501265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470600122.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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