Widespread genetic exchange among terrestrial bacteriophages
Silander OK, Weinreich DM, Wright KM, O'Keefe KJ, Rang CU, Turner PE, Chao L. Widespread genetic exchange among terrestrial bacteriophages. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2005, 102: 19009-19014. PMID: 16365305, PMCID: PMC1323146, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0503074102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic exchangeLinkage disequilibriumBiological species conceptWidespread genetic exchangeGenomic mutation rateFrequent genetic reassortmentSingle host cellGroup of phagesBiogeography studiesSexual populationsGenetic structureSpecies conceptWild populationsNucleotide divergenceFrequent reassortmentDsRNA genomeBacteriophage populationsDegenerate sitesRecombination eventsNumerical dominanceMutation rateHost cellsGenetic reassortmentUnrelated individualsBacteriophagesEvolution of Mutational Robustness in an RNA Virus
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