Genetic diversity, clonality and sexuality in Toxoplasma gondii

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1185-1196

  Ajzenberg, D ^a   Banuls A L ^b   Su, C ^c   Dumetre A ^a   Demar, M ^d   Carme, B ^d   Darde M L ^a  

^a EA3174   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Parasitologie Mycologie

Author keywords

Atypical strains; Clonality; Genetic diversity; Microsatellites; Sexuality; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CLONE; GENETIC VARIATION; PARASITOLOGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUALITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 4544263085     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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