Duplications drive diversity in Bordetella pertussis on an underestimated scale.
J. S. Abrahams, M. R. Weigand, N. A. Ring, I. MacArthur, S. Peng, M. M. Williams, B. Bready, A. P. Catalano, J. R. Davis, M. D. Kaiser, J. Oliver, J. M. Sage, S. Bagby, M. L. Tondella, A. R. Gorringe, A. Preston
This study identifies widespread tandem duplications in B. pertussis genomes using read depth analysis, revealing 272 putative duplications across 11 hotspots and highlighting genome instability.
bioRxiv · Feb 6, 2020 · PreprintMicrobiology