Genetic structure of Neisseria gonorrhoeae populations: a non-clonal pathogen.

doi:10.1099/00221287-139-11-2603

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Genetic structure of Neisseria gonorrhoeae populations: a non-clonal pathogen.

Journal of general microbiology - 1 Nov 1993

O'Rourke M, Stevens E

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Reproduction by binary fission generates a clonal genetic structure in bacterial populations in the absence of a high rate of recombination. The extent of recombination in natural populations of Neisseria gonorrhoeae was determined from an analysis of electrophoretically demonstrable allelic vari...

Topics

Genetic Linkage
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Geography
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Recombination, Genetic

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