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Local adaptation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on the Tibetan Plateau.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 27 Apr 2021
Liu Qingyun, Liu Haican, Shi Li, Gan Mingyu, Zhao Xiuqin, Lyu Liang-Dong, Takiff Howard E, Wan Kanglin, Gao Qian
Abstract excerpt
During its global dispersal, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has encountered varied geographic environments and host populations. Although local adaptation seems to be a plausible model for describing long-term host-pathogen interactions, genetic evidence for this model is lacking. Here, we analyzed 576 whole-genome sequences of Mtb strains sampled from different regions of high-altitude Tibet. Our results show...
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