Genomic plasticity and rapid host switching promote the evolution of generalism in the zoonotic pathogen Campylobacter
Dan J Woodcock, Peter Krusche, Norval JC Strachan, Ken J Forbes, Frederick M Cohan, Guillaume Meric, Samuel K Sheppard
This study models how horizontal gene transfer and recombination influence the evolution of host generalism in Campylobacter, showing that low recombination increases standing variation for adaptive responses.
bioRxiv · Oct 10, 2016Microbiology