Characterizing the genetic basis of bacterial phenotypes using genome-wide association studies: A new direction for bacteriology

Genome Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Read, Timothy D ^a   Massey, Ruth C ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84925624433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13073-014-0109-z     Document Type: Review

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