作者: Francisco J. Ayala , Michel Tibayrenc
DOI: 10.1016/BS.APAR.2020.12.001
关键词: Protozoa 、 Whole genome sequencing 、 Molecular epidemiology 、 Microevolution 、 Range (biology) 、 Biology 、 Evolutionary biology 、 Phylogenetic tree 、 Strain (biology) 、 Taxonomy (biology)
摘要: The predominant clonal evolution (PCE) model of pathogenic microorganisms postulates that the impact of genetic recombination in those pathogens' natural populations is not enough to erase a persistent phylogenetic signal at all evolutionary scales from microevolution till geological times in the whole ecogeographical range of the species considered. We have tested this model with a set of representative parasitic protozoa, yeasts and bacteria in the light of the most recent genomic data. All surveyed species, including …