Microevolution of Helicobacter pylori during prolonged infection of single hosts and within families.

Our understanding of basic evolutionary processes in bacteria is still very limited. For example, multiple recent dating estimates are based on a universal inter-species molecular clock rate, but that rate was calibrated using estimates of geological dates that are no longer accepted. We therefore e...

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Main Authors: Morelli, G, Didelot, X, Kusecek, B, Schwarz, S, Bahlawane, C, Falush, D, Suerbaum, S, Achtman, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2010