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Gene Co-Occurrence Networks Reflect Bacteriophage Ecology And Evolution, Jason W. Shapiro, Catherine Putonti
Gene Co-Occurrence Networks Reflect Bacteriophage Ecology And Evolution, Jason W. Shapiro, Catherine Putonti
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Bacteriophages are the most abundant and diverse biological entities on the planet, and new phage genomes are being discovered at a rapid pace. As more phage genomes are published, new methods are needed for placing these genomes in an ecological and evolutionary context. Phages are difficult to study by phylogenetic methods, because they exchange genes regularly, and no single gene is conserved across all phages. Here, we demonstrate how gene-level networks can provide a high-resolution view of phage genetic diversity and offer a novel perspective on virus ecology. We focus our analyses on virus host range and show how network …