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Impacts of local population history and ecology on the evolution of a globally dispersed pathogen.
BMC genomics - 20 May 2020
Castillo Andreina I, Chacón-Díaz Carlos, Rodríguez-Murillo Neysa, Coletta-Filho Helvecio D, Almeida Rodrigo P P
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BACKGROUND: Pathogens with a global distribution face diverse biotic and abiotic conditions across populations. Moreover, the ecological and evolutionary history of each population is unique. Xylella fastidiosa is a xylem-dwelling bacterium infecting multiple plant hosts, often with detrimental effects. As a group, X. fastidiosa is divided into distinct subspecies with allopatric historical distributions and...
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