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Helicobacter pylori Sequences Reflect Past Human Migrations.
Genome dynamics - 1 Jan 2009
Moodley Y, Linz B
Abstract excerpt
The long association between the stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori and humans, in combination with its predominantly within-family transmission route and its exceptionally high DNA sequence diversity, make this bacterium a reliable marker for discerning both recent and ancient human population movements. As much of the diversity in H. pylori sequences is generated by recombination and mutation on a local...
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