Comparative genomics of Wolbachia and the bacterial species concept.

The importance of host-specialization to speciation processes in obligate host-associated bacteria is well known, as is also the ability of recombination to generate cohesion in bacterial populations. However, whether divergent strains of highly recombining intracellular bacteria, such as Wolbachia,...

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Main Authors: Kirsten Maren Ellegaard, Lisa Klasson, Kristina Näslund, Kostas Bourtzis, Siv G E Andersson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-04-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3616963?pdf=render