Ecological host fitting of Trypanosoma cruzi TcI in Bolivia: Mosaic population structure, hybridization and a role for humans in Andean parasite dispersal

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2406-2422

  Messenger, Louisa A ^a   Garcia, Lineth ^b   Vanhove, Mathieu ^c   Huaranca, Carlos ^b   Bustamante, Marinely ^b   Torrico, Marycruz ^b   Torrico, Faustino ^b   Miles, Michael A ^a   Llewellyn, Martin S ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ecological fitting; microsatellites; mitochondria; population genetics; sylvatic transmission; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84928368912     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13186     Document Type: Article

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