Trypanosoma cruzi: Ancestral genomes and population structure

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 108-114

  Pena, Sérgio D J ^a   Machado, Carlos Renato ^a   Macedo, Andréa Mara ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Evolution; Genome; Pathogenesis; Sex; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 68949217387     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000900016     Document Type: Article

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