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Tree thinking for tuberculosis evolution and epidemiology

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Abstract

> "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution."

About This Material

This is a Hands-on Tutorial from the GTN which is usable either for individual self-study, or as a teaching material in a classroom.

Questions this will address

  • What information can I get from a phylogenetic tree?
  • How do I estimate a phylogeny?

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the basic concepts behind phylogenetic trees, as applied to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Be able to read and interrogate a phylogeny encountered in the literature

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Keywords: Evolution, microgalaxy, one-health, phylogenetics, prokaryote

Target audience: Students

Resource type: e-learning

Version: 11

Status: Active

Prerequisites:

  • Identifying tuberculosis transmission links: from SNPs to transmission clusters
  • Introduction to Galaxy Analyses
  • M. tuberculosis Variant Analysis

Learning objectives:

  • Understand the basic concepts behind phylogenetic trees, as applied to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Be able to read and interrogate a phylogeny encountered in the literature

Date modified: 2024-03-12

Date published: 2022-03-16

Authors: Christoph Stritt, Daniela Brites, Galo A. Goig

Contributors: Wolfgang Maier

Scientific topics: Evolutionary biology, Genomics, Microbiology, Phylogeny, Infectious disease

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