Required reading
Delaney, N.F. et al. 2012. Ultrafast evolution and loss of CRISPRs following a host shift in a novel wildlife pathogen, Mycoplasma gallisepticum. PLOS Genetics 8:e1002511.
Supplemental readings
Hernandez-Divers, S.M. et al. 2008. Backyard chicken flocks pose a disease risk for Neotropic birds in Costa Rica. Avian Diseases 52: 558-560.
Amour, N.K. et al. 2013. The development and application of a Mycoplasma gallisepticum sequence database. Avian Pathology DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2013.819486.