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Decay in the leprosy genome
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Correspondence: Jonathan B Weitzman jonathanweitzman@hotmail.com
Genome Biology 2001, 2:spotlight-20010222-03 doi:10.1186/gb-spotlight-20010222-03
Published: 22 February 2001The genome of the pathogen Mycobacterium leprae reveals striking evidence of reductive evolution.