Genetic exchange in Trypanosoma brucei: Evidence for mating prior to metacyclic stage development

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 133-136

  Tait, Andy ^a   MacLeod, Annette ^a   Tweedie, Alison ^a   Masiga, Dan ^a   Turner, C Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic exchange; Life cycle stage; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENOTYPE; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, SATELLITE; GENOTYPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 33845420780     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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