Approaches to prokaryotic biodiversity: a population genetics perspective.

doi:10.1046/j.1462-2920.2002.00354.x

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Approaches to prokaryotic biodiversity: a population genetics perspective.

Environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 2002

Rodríguez-Valera Francisco

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The study of prokaryotic diversity has blossomed during the last 10-15 years as a result of the introduction of molecular identification, mostly based on direct 16S rRNA gene polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and sequencing from natural samples. A large amount of information exists ab...

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Biological Evolution
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Genomics
Microbiology

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