2013
Rapid Intrahost Evolution of Human Cytomegalovirus Is Shaped by Demography and Positive Selection
Renzette N, Gibson L, Bhattacharjee B, Fisher D, Schleiss M, Jensen J, Kowalik T. Rapid Intrahost Evolution of Human Cytomegalovirus Is Shaped by Demography and Positive Selection. PLOS Genetics 2013, 9: e1003735. PMID: 24086142, PMCID: PMC3784496, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003735.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive selectionCongenital HCMV infectionApplication of population genetic methodsHuman cytomegalovirus evolutionViral populationsPopulation genetic methodsPopulation genetic approachesHuman cytomegalovirusModels of demographyOpen reading frameHCMV populationsHCMV infectionPatterns of variationUnrelated hostsReading frameGenome populationsWeeks gestational ageGenetic approachesGenetic methodsDNA virusesHuman hostPervasive driverHost environmentCompartmental variablesViral evolution
2004
Monitoring and modeling horizontal gene transfer
Nielsen KM, Townsend JP. Monitoring and modeling horizontal gene transfer. Nature Biotechnology 2004, 22: 1110-1114. PMID: 15340481, DOI: 10.1038/nbt1006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHorizontal gene transfer eventsPopulation genetic approachesGene transfer eventsStrength of selectionHorizontal gene transferPopulation genetic modelsWild-type bacteriaLarge bacterial populationsHGT hypothesisBacterial generation timesHGT eventsTransgenic plantsGenetic approachesBacterial communitiesBacterial transformantsBacterial populationsPopulation sizeCurrent monitoring effortsGene transferTransfer eventsYears of growthGeneration timeGenetic modelsBacteriaTime of sampling
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