From clonal to sexual: a step in T. congolense evolution?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 56-60

  Holzmuller, Philippe ^a   Herder, Stéphane ^b   Cuny, Gérard ^b   De Meeûs, Thierry ^c,d  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Institut de recherche pour le développement   (France)

^c Centre International de Recherche Developpement sur lElevage en zone Subhumide Bobo Dioulasso   (Burkina Faso)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CLONAL VARIATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; MATING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SEXUALITY; SHORT SURVEY; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TSETSE FLY;

BREEDING; CROSSES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 74949106233     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.11.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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