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On the estimation of probabilities of segregation from a bacterium carrying two incompatible plasmids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

S. Baumberg
S. Baumberg
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
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Equations are presented relating the number of generations elapsed to the fractions of bacteria carrying one or both plasmids in a clone derived from a cell containing two incompatible plasmids.

Type
Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , August 1976 , pp. 11 - 14
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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