This week we will be looking at association mapping in bacteria, especially meningococcus. The Falush paper is a short review article that focuses on the Bille 2005 paper. The Bille paper investigates a repeat element that is traced back to an integrated bacteriophage.
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Questions to help you
What is a bacteriophage? Inverted repeat element?
How do the authors test to see if the sequence of interest is really derived from a bacteriophage?