title: The incredible journey of mankind: Helicobacter pylori as the narrator.
abstract: Over the past decade, sequence differences between microbes from various geographical areas have been studied with the intent to interpret population movements of their hosts. An organism that is a reliable storehouse of such data, by virtue of its long association with its human host, is Helicobacter pylori. Functional and comparative analyses of its genome provide fascinating insights into human behaviour in the ancient past.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre, Raisen Bypass Road, Karond, Bhopal 462 036, Madhya Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Desikan
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial