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. 2012 Mar 28;44(4):364-6.
doi: 10.1038/ng.2225.

Genome-wide recombination in Chlamydia trachomatis

Sandeep J Joseph  1 , Timothy D Read
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Genome-wide recombination in Chlamydia trachomatis

Sandeep J Joseph et al. Nat Genet. .

Abstract

A new study reports comparative genomic analysis of 52 geographically diverse strains of Chlamydia trachomatis. The authors reconstruct a genome-wide phylogeny of the species and report extensive genome-wide recombination across multiple lineages of this intracellular bacterial pathogen.

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