| dispersal of mycobacterium tuberculosis via the canadian fur trade. | patterns of gene flow can have marked effects on the evolution of populations. to better understand the migration dynamics of mycobacterium tuberculosis, we studied genetic data from european m. tuberculosis lineages currently circulating in aboriginal and french canadian communities. a single m. tuberculosis lineage, characterized by the ds6(quebec) genomic deletion, is at highest frequency among aboriginal populations in ontario, saskatchewan, and alberta; this bacterial lineage is also domina ... | 2011 | 21464295 |