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Mutation Rate Inferred From Synonymous Substitutions in a Long-Term Evolution Experiment With Escherichia coli

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Evolution of MRSA During Hospital Transmission and Intercontinental Spread

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Generation of Genic Diversity among Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains via Horizontal Gene Transfer during a Chronic Polyclonal Pediatric Infection

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Galaxy: a comprehensive approach for supporting accessible, reproducible, and transparent computational research in the life sciences

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Oscillations in continuous culture populations of Streptococcus pneumoniae: population dynamics and the evolution of clonal suicide

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Why do bacteria engage in homologous recombination?

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