Flow cytometric analysis and microsatellite genotyping reveal extensive DNA content variation in Trypanosoma cruzi populations and expose contrasts between natural and experimental hybrids

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1305-1317

  Lewis, Michael D ^a   Llewellyn, Martin S ^a   Gaunt, Michael W ^a   Yeo, Matthew ^a   Carrasco, Hernán J ^b   Miles, Michael A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

DNA content; Genetic exchange; Hybridisation; Microsatellite; Ploidy; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOTYPE; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; PLOIDY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA DETERMINATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC EROSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEAT SHOCK; HOST; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; KARYOTYPE; MAMMAL; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOUSE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SCID MOUSE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TETRAPLOIDY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; PLOIDIES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 68049124799     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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