Evolutionary genomics of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato: Findings, hypotheses, and the rise of hybrids

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 576-593

  Qiu, Wei Gang ^a,b   Martin, Che L ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria evolution; Lyme disease; Phylogenomics; Population genomics; Recombination

Indexed keywords

UNTRANSLATED RNA;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERSIFYING SELECTION; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; GENOMICS; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PAN GENOMICS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENETIC FOOTPRINTING; PHYLOGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION GENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW; ANIMAL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; NEW ENGLAND; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84951906845     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.03.025     Document Type: Review

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