Usefulness of Microsatellite Typing in Population Genetic Studies of Trypanosoma cruzi

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 407-413

  Macedo, Andrea M ^a   Pimenta, Juliana R ^a   De Aguiar, Renato S ^a   Melo, Anna Izabel R ^a   Chiari, Egler ^a   Zingales, Bianca ^b   Pena, Sérgio D J ^a   Oliveira, Riva P ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genetic typing; Microsatellites; Phylogenetic inference; rDNA classification; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0035316082     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000300023     Document Type: Article

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