Original Article

Heredity (1972) 28, 39–48; doi:10.1038/hdy.1972.4

The pattern of evolutionary change in bacteria

R W Hedges1

1Bacteriology Department, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Du Cane Road, London, W.12

Received 22 March 1971.

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