1. Staphylococcal chromosome cassette evolution in Staphylococcus aureus inferred from ccr gene complex sequence typing analysis 
G. Lina, G. Durand, C. Berchich, B. Short, H. Meugnier, F. Vandenesch, J. Etienne, M.C. Enright 
Clinical Microbiology and Infection 
Volume 12, Issue 12, Pages (December 2006)
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2. Fig. 1
Split decomposition graph of the four gene fragments of the ccr gene complex of SCCmec. (A) All isolates. (B) Details of cluster D. The SCCmec type is added. Clusters are circled in black. In Cluster D, SCCmecII elements are in the grey area and SCCmecIV elements are circled in grey.
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3. Fig. 2
Proposed evolutionary model of SCCmec element replacements in MRSA clonal complexes. The evolutionary models of staphylococcal lineage were based on maximum parsimony analysis of the combined sas, housekeeping gene and spa typing results [14].
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