Application of the random forest algorithm to Streptococcus pyogenes response regulator allele variation: from machine learning to evolutionary models

Abstract Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a globally significant bacterial pathogen. The GAS genotyping gold standard characterises the nucleotide variation of emm, which encodes a surface-exposed protein that is recombinogenic and under immune-based selection pressure. Within a supervised learning me...

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Main Authors: Sean J. Buckley, Robert J. Harvey, Zack Shan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91941-6