Maximum-likelihood divergence date estimates based on rRNA gene sequences suggest two scenarios of Trypanosoma cruzi intraspecific evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2250-2259

  Kawashita, Silvia Y ^a   Sanson, Gerdine F O ^a   Fernandes, Octavio ^b   Zingales, Bianca ^c   Briones, Marcelo R S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Evolution; Maximum likelihood; Molecular clock; rRNA gene; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; INFECTION RISK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0035207510     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003771     Document Type: Article

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