This month's Genome Watch investigates the role of hypermutation in chronic bacterial infection and its implications for phylogenomic analyses.
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Mather, A., Harris, S. Playing fast and loose with mutation. Nat Rev Microbiol 11, 822 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro3164
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