Nonselective Bottlenecks Control the Divergence and Diversification of Phase-Variable Bacterial Populations

Nonselective Bottlenecks Control the Divergence and Diversification of Phase-Variable Bacterial Populations

Phase variation occurs in many pathogenic and commensal bacteria and is a major generator of genetic variability. A putative advantage of phase variation is to counter reductions in variability imposed by nonselective bottlenecks during transmission. Genomes of Campylobacter jejuni, a widespread foo...

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Main Authors: Jack Aidley, Shweta Rajopadhye, Nwanekka M. Akinyemi, Lea Lango-Scholey, Christopher D. Bayliss, Marjan W. van der Woude, Tarek Msadek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-04-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/2/e02311-16

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