Population sequencing for diversity and transmission analyses
Talima Pearson, Tara Furstenau, Colin Wood, Vanessa Rigas, Kylie Drake, Jason W. Sahl, Sara Maltinsky, Bart J. Currie, Mark J. Mayo, Carina M. Hall, Paul Keim, Viacheslav Y. Fofanov
This paper introduces and validates population sequencing methods to analyze phylogenetic diversity in bacterial populations without haplotype reconstruction, demonstrating applications in tracking transmission and understanding pathogen dynamics.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jun 3, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology