Chromosomal size variation in Trypanosoma cruzi is mainly progressive and is evolutionarily informative

Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 277-286

  Henriksson, J ^a   Dujardin, J C ^a   Barnabe C ^a   Brisse, S ^a   Timperman, G ^a   Venegas, J ^a   Pettersson, U ^a   Tibayrenc, M ^a   Solari, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Isoenzymes; Molecular karyotype; Phenetic analysis Trypanosoma cruzi; RAPD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; CHROMOSOME SIZE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; KARYOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0036194797     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182001001093     Document Type: Article

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