Estimating the relative roles of recombination and point mutation in the generation of single locus variants in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 74, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 273-280

  Yu, Shoukai ^a   Fearnhead, Paul ^b   Holland, Barbara R ^c   Biggs, Patrick ^a   Maiden, Martin ^d   French, Nigel ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution of Campylobacter; MLST; Mutation; Purifying selection; Recombination; Single locus variant

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLASSIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POINT MUTATION;

ALLELES; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDES; POINT MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 84865776620     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-012-9505-4     Document Type: Article

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