About the Authors

Minna Vehkala

minna.vehkala@helsinki.fi

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Mikhail Shubin

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Thomas R Connor

Affiliations Pathogen Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cardiff University School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Nicholas R Thomson

Affiliations Pathogen Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Jukka Corander

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: MV MS. Provided the data: TC NRT. Designed the pipeline: MV JC. Implemented the scripts: MV MS. Designed the figures: MS. Read and approved the manuscript: TC NRT JC.