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A monomorphic haplotype of chromosome Ia is associated with widespread success in clonal and nonclonal populations of Toxoplasma gondii.
mBio - 1 Jan 2011
Khan Asis, Miller Natalie, Roos David S, Dubey J P, Ajzenberg Daniel, Dardé Marie Laure, Ajioka James W, Rosenthal Benjamin, Sibley L David
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Toxoplasma gondii is a common parasite of animals that also causes a zoonotic infection in humans. Previous studies have revealed a strongly clonal population structure that is shared between North America and Europe, while South American strains show greater genetic diversity and evidence of sexual recombination. The common inheritance of a monomorphic version of chromosome Ia (referred to as ChrIa*)...
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