Range |
~1.8 Mya
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Organism |
Bacteria Escherichia coli |
Reference |
Elena SF, Whittam TS, Winkworth CL, Riley MA, Lenski RE. Genomic divergence of Escherichia coli strains: evidence for horizontal transfer and variation in mutation rates. Int Microbiol. 2005 Dec8(4):271-8. p.276 right column bottom paragraphPubMed ID16562379
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Method |
Sequences for each gene region were aligned and
the resulting alignments were subjected to independent phylogenetic
reconstruction by various methods. |
Comments |
Mya=million years ago. For date of divergence between k-12 and O157:H7 strains up to 4.5Mya see Reid et al., 2000 PMID 10894541 abstract. |
Entered by |
Uri M |
ID |
107085 |