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Exploring the concept of clonality in bacteria.

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2004

Spratt Brian G

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Isolates of bacterial species that are indistinguishable in genotype are assigned as a clone, with the implication that they are descended from the same recent ancestor. Clones are difficult to define with precision since bacteria are not truly asexual, and recombinational replacements result in diversification of the ancestral genotype of a clone, to produce a cluster of increasingly diverse genotypes (a clonal...

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Bacteria
Bacterial Infections
Biological Evolution
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Humans
Recombination, Genetic

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PMID: 15148426
DOI: 10.1385/1-59259-763-7:323

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