Reproductive clonality of pathogens: A perspective on pathogenic viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasitic protozoa

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 48, 2012, Pages

  Tibayrenc, Michel ^a,b   Ayala, Francisco J ^b  

^a University de Montpellier   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infectious disease; Molecular epidemiology; Selfing

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BACTERIUM; CLONAL VARIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SEXUALITY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FUNGI; PARASITES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VIRUS PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

FUNGI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84870362142     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1212452109     Document Type: Review

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