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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Bacigalupe R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6881152 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science advances 20191127 11
While many bacterial pathogens are restricted to single host species, some have the capacity to undergo host switches, leading to the emergence of new clones that are a threat to human and animal health. However, the bacterial traits that underpin a multihost ecology are not well understood. Following transmission to a new host, bacterial populations are influenced by powerful forces such as genetic drift that reduce the fixation rate of beneficial mutations, limiting the capacity for host adapt ...[more]