Reproductive clonality in protozoan pathogens - Truth or artefact?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 4195-4202

  Ramírez, Juan David ^a   Llewellyn, Martin S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clonality; genetic exchange; protozoan pathogens; sexuality

Indexed keywords

CLONAL EVOLUTION; CLONAL VARIATION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXCHANGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GIARDIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOAN PATHOGENS; REVIEW; SEXUALITY; TOXOPLASMA;

CLONALITY; GENETIC EXCHANGE; PROTOZOAN PATHOGENS; SEXUALITY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLONAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GIARDIA; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 84906536689     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12872     Document Type: Review

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