Phylogenetic evidence based on Trypanosoma cruzi nuclear gene sequences and information entropy suggest that inter-strain intragenic recombination is a basic mechanism underlying the allele diversity of hybrid strains

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1064-1071

  Ferreira, Renata C ^a   Briones, Marcelo R S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hybrid strains; Intragenic recombination; Shannon entropy; Speciation; Trypanossoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTROPY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ALLELES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; INFORMATION THEORY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84860353334     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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