Bacterial Population Genetics in Infectious Disease
Author | : D. Ashley Robinson |
Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2010-04-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 0470424745 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780470424742 |
Rating | : 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This book is a unique synthesis of the major concepts and methods in bacterial population genetics in infectious disease, a field that is now about 35 yrs old. Emphasis is given to explaining population-level processes that shape genetic variation in bacterial populations and statistical methods of analysis of bacterial genetic data. A "how to" of bacterial population genetics, which covers an extremely large range of organisms Expanding area of science due to high-throughput genome sequencing of bacterial pathogens Covers both fundamental approaches to analyzing bacterial population structures with conceptual background in bacterial population biology Detailed treatment of statistical methods