Population Genetics Provides Evidence for Recombination in Giardia

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 1984-1988

  Cooper, Margarethe A ^a   Adam, Rodney D ^a   Worobey, Michael ^b   Sterling, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETICS, POPULATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION;

EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 36048972596     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.020     Document Type: Article

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