Evolution of the core and pan-genome of Streptococcus: positive selection, recombination, and genome composition

Comparative evolutionary analyses of 26 Streptococcus genomes show that recombination and positive selection have both had important roles in the adaptation of different species to different hosts.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lefébure, Tristan, Stanhope, Michael J
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2007
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1929146/