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ospC diversity in Borrelia burgdorferi: different hosts are different niches.

Genetics - 1 Oct 2004

Brisson Dustin, Dykhuizen Daniel E

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The outer surface protein C (ospC) locus of the Lyme disease bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, is at least an order of magnitude more variable than other genes in the species. This variation is classified into 22 ospC major groups, 15 of which are found in the northeastern United States. The frequency distributions of ospC within populations suggest that this locus is under balancing selection. In multiple-niche...

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PMID: 15514047
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.028738
PMCID: PMC1448846

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