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Analysis of the extant genomes of circulating strains of <jats:italic>Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/jats:italic>, a leading cause of infectious mortality that has co-evolved with humans for thousands of years, can provide new insights into host-pathogen interactions that underlie specific aspects of pathogenesis and onward transmission. With the explosion in the number of fully sequenced <jats:italic>M. tuberculosis<\/jats:italic> strains that are now paired with detailed clinical data, there are new opportunities to understand the evolutionary basis for and consequences of <jats:italic>M. tuberculosis<\/jats:italic> strain diversity. This review examines mechanistic findings that have emerged from pairing whole genome sequencing data and evolutionary analysis with functional dissection of specific bacterial variants. 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