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- Research Article | Host-Microbe BiologyGenome-Wide Association Analyses in the Model Rhizobium Ensifer meliloti
Genome-wide association analyses are a powerful approach for identifying gene function. These analyses are becoming commonplace in studies of humans, domesticated animals, and crop plants but have rarely been conducted in bacteria. We applied association analyses to 20 traits measured in Ensifer meliloti, an agriculturally and ecologically important bacterium because...