Whole-genome sequencing of Trypanosoma brucei reveals introgression between subspecies that is associated with virulence

mBio

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Goodhead, Ian ^a   Capewell, Paul ^b   Wendi Bailey, J ^c   Beament, Tanja ^c   Chance, Michael ^c   Kay, Suzanne ^a   Forrester, Sarah ^a   MacLeod, Annette ^b   Taylor, Mark ^c   Noyes, Harry ^a   Halla, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; HAPLOTYPE; INTROGRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; UGANDA;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 84883428928     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00197-13     Document Type: Article

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