Evidence for multiple hybrid groups in Trypanosoma cruzi

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-279

  Sturm, Nancy R ^a   Vargas, Nancy S ^a,b   Westenberger, Scott J ^a   Zingales, Bianca ^b   Campbell, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

1F8; Chromosome bands; HSP 60; Nucleotide polymorphism; Zymodeme III

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TANDEM REPEAT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0037350183     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(02)00264-3     Document Type: Article

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