Haplotype distribution of five nuclear genes based on network genealogies and Bayesian inference indicates that Trypanosoma cruzi hybrid strains are polyphyletic

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 458-476

  Tomazi, L ^a   Kawashita, S Y ^a   Pereira, P M ^a   Zingales, B ^b   Briones, M R S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Molecular evolution; Phylogeny; Small subunit rDNA; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN EF 1ALPHA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL DNA; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TRYPANOTHIONE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLADISTICS; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENEALOGY; HAPLOTYPE; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CHIMERA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAPLOTYPES; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 67649410262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/vol8-2gmr591     Document Type: Article

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