title: Sequence type analysis and recombinational tests (START).
abstract: The 32-bit Windows application START is implemented using Visual Basic and C(++) and performs analyses to aid in the investigation of bacterial population structure using multilocus sequence data. These analyses include data summary, lineage assignment, and tests for recombination and selection.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  START is available at http://outbreak.ceid.ox.ac.uk/software.htm.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  keith.jolley@ceid.ox.ac.uk
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK. keith.jolley@ceid.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Jolley
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Feil
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Maiden
mesh_terms: D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D017421:Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software