When Outgroups Fail; Phylogenomics of Rooting the Emerging Pathogen, Coxiella burnetii

Rooting phylogenies is critical for understanding evolution, yet the importance, intricacies and difficulties of rooting are often overlooked. For rooting, polymorphic characters among the group of interest (ingroup) must be compared to those of a relative (outgroup) that diverged before the last co...

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Main Authors: Pearson, Talima, Hornstra, Heidie M., Sahl, Jason W., Schaack, Sarah, Schupp, James M., Beckstrom-Sternberg, Stephen M., O'Neill, Matthew W., Priestley, Rachael A., Champion, Mia D., Beckstrom-Sternberg, James S., Kersh, Gilbert J., Samuel, James E., Massung, Robert F., Keim, Paul
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3739886/