Molecular dating of human-to-bovid host jumps by Staphylococcus aureus reveals an association with the spread of domestication

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 829-832

  Weinert, Lucy A ^a,b,i   Welch, John J ^a,c   Suchard, Marc A ^d,e   Lemey, Philippe ^f   Rambaut, Andrew ^b,g   Fitzgerald, J Ross ^h  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial evolution; Bayesian phylogenetics; Host switching; Molecular clocks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CATTLE; DOMESTICATION; GENOME; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84866725293     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0290     Document Type: Article

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