Population structure in the Neisseria, and the biological significance of fuzzy species

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 71, 2012, Pages 1208-1215

  Corander, Jukka ^a   Connor, Thomas R ^b   O'Dwyer, Clíona A ^c   Kroll, J Simon ^c   Hanage, William P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy species; Neisseria; Recombination

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; GENES; PATHOGENS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS; BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE; COMPLEX FORMS; FUZZY SPECIES; GENE FLOWS; GENETIC MATERIALS; GENETIC VARIATION; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POPULATION GENETIC ANALYSIS; POPULATION STRUCTURES; RECOMBINATION; SEQUENCE DATA; SPECIES BOUNDARIES; VACCINE DEVELOPMENT;

BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HYBRID; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA FLAVA; NEISSERIA FLAVESCENS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NEISSERIA PERFLAVA; NEISSERIA POLYSACCHAREA; NEISSERIA SICCA; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 84863596741     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0601     Document Type: Article

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