Local population structure and patterns of Western Hemisphere dispersal for Coccidioides spp., the fungal cause of Valley Fever
David M Engelthaler, Chandler C Roe, Crystal M Hepp, Marcus Teixeira, Elizabeth M Driebe, James M Schupp, Lalitha Gade, Victor Waddell, Kenneth Komatsu, Eduardo Arathoon, Heidi Logemann, George R Thompson, Tom Chiller, Bridget Barker, Paul Keim, Anastastia P Litvintseva
The paper analyzes population structure and dispersal patterns of Coccidioides spp. using genomic data, revealing geographic clades and suggesting an origin in southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
bioRxiv · Mar 30, 2016Genomics