Quantifying homologous replacement of loci between haloarchaeal species

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1223-1244

  Williams, David ^a,b   Gogarten, J Peter ^a   Papke, R Thane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness landscape; Homologous recombination; Horizontal gene transfer; Lateral gene transfer; Microbial evolution; Populations

Indexed keywords

HALOBACTERIA; HALOFERAX; HALORUBRUM;

EID: 84876553450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evs098     Document Type: Article

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