title: Bacterial Speciation: Genetic Sweeps in Bacterial Species.
abstract: One theory of bacterial speciation states that bacterial and animal species share the property of cohesion, meaning that diversity within a species is constrained. A new study provides direct evidence that genome-wide sweeps can limit diversity within bacterial species.
authors: Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA. Electronic address: fcohan@wesleyan.edu.
authors: Frederick M
authors: FM
authors: Cohan
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D041883:Chlorobium / Q000235:genetics; D049810:Genetic Speciation; D016680:Genome, Bacterial