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Genome-wide estimation of recombination, mutation and positive selection enlightens diversification drivers of Mycobacterium bovis.
Scientific reports - 22 Sept 2021
Reis Ana C, Cunha Mónica V
Abstract excerpt
Genome sequencing has reinvigorated the infectious disease research field, shedding light on disease epidemiology, pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions and also evolutionary processes exerted upon pathogens. Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), enclosing M. bovis as one of its animal-adapted members causing tuberculosis (TB) in terrestrial mammals, is a paradigmatic model of bacterial evolution. As...
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