We use phylogenetic approaches to track the spread of pathogens, both viral and bacterial. What characteristic of the genomes of the pathogens allow us to create and make inferences on these phylogenies?
There are several viruses and bacteria which differ from each other due to variation in their genetic material.
Through phylogenetic analysis we can study the evolutionary history of an organism. According to phylogenetic analysis each descendent has an ancestor from which the descendent has been evolved.
Phylogenetic analysis considered many factors such as genome sequencing , morphological characters, behavioural aspects and other evolutionary factors.
Single nucleotide polymorphisms in which a single nucleotide change occur because of which each organism differ from the other. Molecular analysis and genome sequencing play an important role in pathogen phylogenetic analysis.
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