NextGen sequencing reveals short double crossovers contribute disproportionately to genetic diversity in Toxoplasma gondii

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Khan, Asis ^a,e   Shaik, Jahangheer S ^a   Behnke, Michael ^a   Wang, Qiuling ^a   Dubey, Jitender P ^b   Lorenzi, Hernan A ^c   Ajioka, James W ^d   Rosenthal, Benjamin M ^b   Sibley, L David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Double crossover; Gene conversion; Genetic mapping; Meiotic drive; Mendelian inheritance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 1A; CHROMOSOME 1B; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLONAL SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; CAT; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; CHROMOSOME; CROSS BREEDING; CROSSING OVER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CATS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; CROSSES, GENETIC; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MICE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 84922832662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-1168     Document Type: Article

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