Evidence that the mechanism of gene exchange in Trypanosoma brucei involves meiosis and syngamy.

doi:10.1017/s0031182000060571

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Evidence that the mechanism of gene exchange in Trypanosoma brucei involves meiosis and syngamy.

Parasitology - 1 Dec 1990

Turner C M, Sternberg J, Buchanan N, Smith E, Hide G, Tait A

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All pairwise combinations of three cloned stocks of Trypanosoma brucei (STIB 247L, STIB 386AA and TREU 927/4) were co-transmitted through tsetse flies (Glossina morsitans) and screened for the production of hybrid trypanosomes. Clones of metacyclic and bloodstream trypanosomes from flies harbouri...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Blotting, Southern
DNA, Protozoan
Fertilization
Genetic Markers
Genotype
Meiosis
Phenotype
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Reproduction
Restriction Mapping
Trypanosoma brucei brucei

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