Author(s): Arnold B, Sohail M, Wadsworth C, Corander J, Hanage WP, Sunyaev S, Grad YH|Journal: Mol Biol Evol|PMID:31589312| October 2019
Identifying genetic variation in bacteria that has been shaped by ecological differences remains an important challenge. For recombining bacteria, the…
Author(s): Arnold BJ, Gutmann MU, Grad YH, Sheppard SK, Corander J, Lipsitch M, Hanage WP|Journal: Genetics|PMID:29330348| March 2018
The impact of epistasis on the evolution of multi-locus traits depends on recombination. While sexually reproducing eukaryotes recombine so frequently…
Prokaryotic evolution is affected by horizontal transfer of genetic material through recombination. Inference of an evolutionary tree of bacteria thus…
Author(s): Andam CP, Mitchell PK, Callendrello A, Chang Q, Corander J, Chaguza C, McGee L, Beall BW, Hanage WP|Journal: J Clin Microbiol|PMID:28100596| April 2017
Conjugate vaccination against seven pneumococcal serotypes (PCV7) reduced disease prevalence due to antibiotic-resistant strains throughout the 2000s. However, diseases caused…
Author(s): Méric G, Miragaia M, de Been M, Yahara K, Pascoe B, Mageiros L, Mikhail J, Harris LG, Wilkinson TS, Rolo J, Lamble S, Bray JE, Jolley KA, Hanage WP, Bowden R, Maiden MC, Mack D, de Lencastre H, Feil EJ, Corander J, Sheppard SK|Journal: Genome Biol Evol|PMID:25888688| April 2015
The opportunistic pathogens Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis represent major causes of severe nosocomial infection, and are associated with high…
Author(s): Sheppard SK, Cheng L, Méric G, de Haan CP, Llarena AK, Marttinen P, Vidal A, Ridley A, Clifton-Hadley F, Connor TR, Strachan NJ, Forbes K, Colles FM, Jolley KA, Bentley SD, Maiden MC, Hänninen ML, Parkhill J, Hanage WP, Corander J|Journal: Mol Ecol|PMID:24689900| May 2014
Homologous recombination between bacterial strains is theoretically capable of preventing the separation of daughter clusters, and producing cohesive clouds of…
