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Recombination and phenotype evolution dynamics of Helicobacter pylori in colonized hosts.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jul 2016
Shafiee Ahmad, Amini Massoud, Emamirad Hassan, Abadi Amin Talebi Bezmin
Abstract excerpt
The ample genetic diversity and variability of Helicobater pylori, and therefore its phenotypic evolution, relate not only to frequent mutation and selection but also to intra-specific recombination. Webb and Blaser applied a mathematical model to distinguish the role of selection and mutation for Lewis antigen phenotype evolution during long-term gastric colonization in infected animal hosts (mice and gerbils)....
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