Strong population structure in Venezuelan populations of Coccidioides posadasii
Teixeira, M. M.; Alvarado, P.; Roe, C.; Thompson, G.; Patane, J. S. L.; Sahl, J. W.; Keim, P.; Galgiani, J. N.; Litvintseva, A. P.; Matute, D. R.; Barker, B. M.
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Coccidioides posadasii is a pathogenic fungus that causes coccidioidomycosis in many arid regions of the Americas. One of these regions is bordered by the Caribbean Sea, and the surrounding landscape may play an important role in the dispersion of C. posadasii across South America through southeastern Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and Venezuela. Comparative phylogenomic analyses of C. posadasii reveal that clinical strains from Venezuela are genetically distinct from the North American populations found in Arizona (AZ), Texas, Mexico, and the rest of South America (TX/MX/SA). We find evidence for admixture between the Venezuela and the North American populations of C. posadasii in Central America. As expected, the proportion of Venezuelan alleles in the admixed population decreases as latitude (and distance from Venezuela) increases. Our results indicate that the population in Venezuela may have been subjected to a recent bottleneck, and shows strong population structure. This analysis provides insight into potential for Coccidioides spp. to invade new regions.
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