Population Genetics of Staphylococcus

Bacterial Population Genetics in Infectious Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 321-343

  Smyth, Davida S ^a   Robinson, D Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Staphylococcal genetic variation genetic drift and selection; Staphylococcal population structure in specific disease context; Staphylococcus population genetics phylogenies

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455197698     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470600122.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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