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Genomic divergence of Escherichia coli strains: evidence for horizontal transfer and variation in mutation rates.
International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology - 1 Dec 2005
Elena Santiago F, Whittam Thomas S, Winkworth Cynthia L, Riley Margaret A, Lenski Richard E
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This report describes the sequencing in the Escherichia coli B genome of 36 randomly chosen regions that are present in most or all of the fully sequenced E. coli genomes. The phylogenetic relationships among E. coli strains were examined, and evidence for the horizontal gene transfer and variation in mutation rates was determined. The overall phylogenetic tree indicated that E. coli B and K-12 are the most...
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