Prokaryote genome fluidity is dependent on effective population size

ISME Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1719-1721

  Andreani, Nadia Andrea ^a,b,d   Hesse, Elze ^c   Vos, Michiel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; FLUID; GENOME; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; RECOMBINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; POPULATION DENSITY;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 85016595478     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2017.36     Document Type: Article

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