Sulfolobus islandicus: A model system for evolutionary genomics

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 458-462

  Zhang, Changyi ^a   Krause, David J ^a   Whitaker, Rachel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosomal marker exchange; Evolution; Recombination; Sulfolobus islandicus

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEON; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS ISLANDICUS;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SULFOLOBUS;

EID: 84873177312     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20120338     Document Type: Conference Paper

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