Reproductive strategies and population structure in Leishmania: Substantial amount of sex in Leishmania Viannia guyanensis

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3116-3127

  Rougeron, Virginie ^a   Bañuls, Anne Laure ^a   Carme, Bernard ^b,c   Simon, Stéphane ^c   Couppié, Pierre ^b,c   Nacher, Mathieu ^c   Hide, Mallorie ^a   De Meeûs, Thierry ^a,d  

^a University de Montpellier   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

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

Author keywords

clonality; endogamy; Leishmania Viannia guyanensis; microsatellites; population genetics; substructuring

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRENCH GUIANA; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FRENCH GUIANA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; VIANNIA;

EID: 79960635097     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05162.x     Document Type: Article

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