Modelling bacterial speciation

A central problem in understanding bacterial speciation is how clusters of closely related strains emerge and persist in the face of recombination. We use a neutral Fisher–Wright model in which genotypes, defined by the alleles at 140 house-keeping loci, change in each generation by mutation or reco...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hanage, William P, Spratt, Brian G, Turner, Katherine M.E, Fraser, Christophe
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2006
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1764933/