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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
Abstract excerpt
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 harbouring mature infections containing hybrid trypanosomes were established and screened for several isoenzyme and restriction...
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