Demographic expansions and the emergence of host specialization in genetically distinct strains of the tick-transmitted bacteriumAnaplasma phagocytophilum
Abstract:Bacteria species that must obligately replicate in vertebrate host cells make up a large proportion of the prokaryotic pathogens with human and veterinary health implications. In such bacterial taxa, extrinsic processes play an important role in influencing the phylogenetic diversity of viable hosts (‘host range’). These processes include both changes in host population densities and shifts in host geographic distributions. In Europe, distinct genetic strains of the tick-vectored bacterium Anaplasma phagocytop… Show more
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