2008
Phage evolutionary biology
Duffy S, Turner P. Phage evolutionary biology. 2008, 147-176. DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511541483.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvolutionary biologyEvolutionary biologistsAge of genomicsEcological radiationEvolutionary geneticistsWild populationsMolecular researchersMolecular revolutionPhage biologistsMolecular biologyBiologyMicrobial experimentsEcologyBiologistsMicrobesReductionist approachBiology DepartmentBiological truthGenomicsSignificant discoveriesBiodiversityMicrobiologistsMolecular sideDiscoveryMicrobiology
2005
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 individualsBacteriophages