Interplay of recombination and selection in the genomes of Chlamydia trachomatis.

BACKGROUND: Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular bacterial parasite, which causes several severe and debilitating diseases in humans. This study uses comparative genomic analyses of 12 complete published C. trachomatis genomes to assess the contribution of recombination and selection...

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Main Authors: Joseph, S, Didelot, X, Gandhi, K, Dean, D, Read, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2011