Phylogenomic analyses uncover origin and spread of the Wolbachia pandemic

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Gerth, Michael ^a   Gansauge, Marie Theres ^b   Weigert, Anne ^a   Bleidorn, Christoph ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOMICS; MUTUALISM; NEMATODE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; ENDOSYMBIONT; EVOLUTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MONOPHYLY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENOMICS; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SISTER GROUP; WOLBACHIA; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTHROPODA; NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84920190568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6117     Document Type: Article

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