Population genomics reveals the origin and asexual evolution of human infective trypanosomes

eLife

Volumn 5, Issue JANUARY2016, 2016, Pages

  Weir, William ^a   Capewell, Paul ^a   Foth, Bernardo ^b   Clucas, Caroline ^a   Pountain, Andrew ^a   Steketee, Pieter ^a   Veitch, Nicola ^c   Koffi, Mathurin ^d   de Meeûs, Thierry ^e,f   Kaboré, Jacques ^f,g   Camara, Mamadou ^g   Cooper, Anneli ^a   Tait, Andy ^a   Jamonneau, Vincent ^e,f   Bucheton, Bruno ^e,g   Berriman, Matt ^b   Macleod, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Univ Jean Lorougnon Guédé   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f Centre International de Recherche Developpement sur lElevage en zone Subhumide Bobo Dioulasso   (Burkina Faso)

^g NONE   (Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; MUTATION; PATHOGENESIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; GENETICS; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PARASITOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; METAGENOMICS; MUTATION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 84956905033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.11473     Document Type: Article

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