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Impact of homoplasy on variable numbers of tandem repeats and spoligotypes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2012

Reyes Josephine F, Chan Carmen H S, Tanaka Mark M

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Homoplasy is the occurrence of genotypes that are identical by state but not by descent. It arises through a number of means including convergent and reverse evolution, and horizontal gene transfer. When using molecular markers that are based on sequences possessing a finite number of character states, such as VNTR or spoligotypes, this is an unavoidable phenomenon. Here we discuss the extent of homoplasy and its...

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PMID: 21683165
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.05.018

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