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Genetic variation of a bacterial pathogen within individuals with cystic fibrosis provides a record of selective pressures.
Nature genetics - 1 Jan 2014
Lieberman Tami D, Flett Kelly B, Yelin Idan, Martin Thomas R, McAdam Alexander J, Priebe Gregory P, Kishony Roy
Abstract excerpt
Advances in sequencing technologies have enabled the identification of mutations acquired by bacterial pathogens during infection. However, it remains unclear whether adaptive mutations fix in the population or lead to pathogen diversification within the patient. Here we study the genotypic diver...
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