Virulent strains of Toxoplasma gondii comprise a single clonal lineage.

doi:10.1038/359082a0

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Virulent strains of Toxoplasma gondii comprise a single clonal lineage.

Nature - 3 Sept 1992

Sibley L D, Boothroyd J C

Abstract excerpt

The protozoan Toxoplasma gondii is a prevalent parasite in wild and domestic animals worldwide, being transmitted through the food chain by carnivorous feeding and scavenging. Toxoplasma normally divides asexually to yield a haploid form that can infect virtually any vertebrate but it also has a...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
DNA Probes
DNA, Protozoan
Genotype
Molecular Sequence Data
Phenotype
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Toxoplasma
Virulence

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