How follow diversification? MLST for Streptococcus pneumoniae (Fraser et al., 2007) (Feil, 2003) OEB 192 –
Population genetic structure from MLST modest HGT high HGT (Feil, 2004)
“Everything is everywhere – the environment selects.” (Baas-Becking, 1934) Microbial biogeography
Diversity vs. distance (Cho & Tiedje, 2000)
Diversity vs. distance (Cho & Tiedje, 2000)
Non-random distributions of free-living taxa (Hughes Martiny et al., 2006)
Microbes in a host w/ biogeography: Helicobacter pylori (Falush et al.,2003)
Single rule may not always apply (Nesbø et al., 2006)
Speciation through time
Monday (9/28): *Guest lecture: selection upon codons **Turn in phylogenetics project