Demographic Influences on Bacterial Population Structure

Bacterial Population Genetics in Infectious Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 103-120

  Balloux, Francois ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial population structure and genetics demographic influences; Expected and observed genetic diversity, and bacterial population genetics; Population's past demography in affecting genetic diversity and phylogenetic tree shapes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952803211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470600122.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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