Chromosome number, genome size and polymorphism of European and South African isolates of large Babesia parasites that infect dogs

Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 313-321

  Depoix, D ^a   Carcy, B ^a   Jumas Bilak, E ^a   Pages, M ^a   Precigout, E ^a   Schetters, T P M ^a   Ravel, C ^a   Gorenflot, A ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Babesia canis; Babesia rossi; Chromosome; Genome; Karyotyping; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA ROSSI; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOG; EUROPE; GENOME SIZE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA PROBES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EUROPE; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SOUTH AFRICA; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA ROSSI; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036792884     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182002002202     Document Type: Article

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