Combined Analysis of Variation in Core, Accessory and Regulatory Genome Regions Provides a Super-Resolution View into the Evolution of Bacterial Populations.

The use of whole-genome phylogenetic analysis has revolutionized our understanding of the evolution and spread of many important bacterial pathogens due to the high resolution view it provides. However, the majority of such analyses do not consider the potential role of accessory genes when inferrin...

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Main Authors: Alan McNally, Yaara Oren, Darren Kelly, Ben Pascoe, Steven Dunn, Tristan Sreecharan, Minna Vehkala, Niko Välimäki, Michael B Prentice, Amgad Ashour, Oren Avram, Tal Pupko, Ulrich Dobrindt, Ivan Literak, Sebastian Guenther, Katharina Schaufler, Lothar H Wieler, Zong Zhiyong, Samuel K Sheppard, James O McInerney, Jukka Corander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-09-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5019451?pdf=render