Eimeria tenella: Infection with a single sporocyst gives a clonal population

Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 523-528

  Shirley, M W ^a   Harvey, D A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clones; Cloning; Eimeria; Sporocysts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CLONING; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA TENELLA; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0029882591     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000066099     Document Type: Article

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