The impact of host metapopulation structure on the population genetics of colonizing bacteria
Elina Numminen, Michael U Gutmann, Mikhail Shubin, Pekka Marttinen, Guillaume Meric, Willem van Schaik, Teresa Coque, Fernando Baquero, Rob Willems, Samuel K Sheppard, Edward J Feil, William P Hanage, Jukka Corander
The paper models how host metapopulation structure affects bacterial genetic diversity, showing migration can increase or decrease strain relatedness depending on microepidemic rates.
bioRxiv · Sep 25, 2015Genetics