Genetic drift suppresses bacterial conjugation in spatially structured populations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 944-954

  Freese, Peter D ^a   Korolev, Kirill S ^a,b,c,d   Jiménez, José I ^a,e   Chen, Irene A ^a,f  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; F FACTOR; GENETIC DRIFT; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 84894413314     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.01.012     Document Type: Article

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