Timing the diversification of a mammal parasite, Bartonella
| dc.contributor.author | McKee, Clif, author | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-09T23:01:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-11-09T23:01:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Most human infectious diseases have origins in other animal species. Estimating when infectious microbes evolved will help us understand their ability to specialize on a broad range of host species. Using Bayesian phylogenetic techniques, I determine that the bacterial genus Bartonella, a parasite of mammals globally, emerged as a gut symbiont of arthropods 100-200 million years ago. It then diversified after transitioning to a parasitic lifestyle targeting mammals and using blood-feeding ectoparasites as vectors during the Cretaceous, 79-145 millions years ago. Other microbes may be equally old and may reflect a general trend in the evolution of modern diseases. | en_US |
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| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10217/184808 | |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Colorado State University. Libraries | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 2017 Projects | |
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| dc.subject | disease ecology | |
| dc.subject | phylogenetics | |
| dc.subject | evolution | |
| dc.subject | Bartonella | |
| dc.title | Timing the diversification of a mammal parasite, Bartonella | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | 191 - Clifton Dyer Mckee | |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.type | Image | |
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