Self-fertilisation in Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 31-42

  Tait, Andrew ^a   Buchanan, Norma ^a   Hide, Geof ^a   Turner, C Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

genetics; karyotype; self fertilisation; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GLOSSINA; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALIA; GLOSSINA (PROPER); TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0029925437     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)02528-6     Document Type: Article

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