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Ultrafast evolution and loss of CRISPRs following a host shift in a novel wildlife pathogen, Mycoplasma gallisepticum.
PLoS genetics - 1 Feb 2012
Delaney Nigel F, Balenger Susan, Bonneaud Camille, Marx Christopher J, Hill Geoffrey E, Ferguson-Noel Naola, Tsai Peter, Rodrigo Allen, Edwards Scott V
Abstract excerpt
Measureable rates of genome evolution are well documented in human pathogens but are less well understood in bacterial pathogens in the wild, particularly during and after host switches. Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) is a pathogenic bacterium that has evolved predominantly in poultry and recently...
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