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This month's Genome Watch explores recent findings on the global population structure and the origin of the successful Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage that have been revealed by high-throughput sequencing of global bacterial collections.
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Jamrozy, D., Kallonen, T. Looking at Beijing's skyline. Nat Rev Microbiol 13, 528 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro3536
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