Linkage, Selection, and the Clonal Complex

Bacterial Population Genetics in Infectious Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 19-35

  Feil, Edward J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Linkage and clonal complex multilocus sequence typing (MLST); Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MLEE) linkage degree quantification; Variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) and bacterial characterization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952777459     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470600122.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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