A genetic linkage map for the apicomplexan protozoan parasite Eimeria maxima and comparison with Eimeria tenella

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 263-270

  Blake, Damer P ^a,b   Oakes, Richard ^a   Smith, Adrian L ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplified fragment length polymorphism; Eimeria maxima; Eimeria tenella; Genetic map; Genome structure; Karyotype

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; DISEASE; GENOME; KARYOTYPE; PARASITE; POLYMORPHISM; PROTOZOAN;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; EIMERIA TENELLA; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EIMERIA; GENE ORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKERS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

AVES; EIMERIA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; EIMERIA TENELLA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 79151473543     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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