Sexual stages in trypanosomes and implications.

doi:10.1051/parasite/1990651019

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Sexual stages in trypanosomes and implications.

Annales de parasitologie humaine et comparee - 1 Jan 1990

Jenni L

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The basis for concluding that a system of genetic exchange exists in African trypanosomes of the Trypanosoma brucei group is outlined by the accumulated data from variation in natural parasite populations and from laboratory crossing experiments. The results indicate that these parasites can comp...

Topics

Animals
Antigenic Variation
Genetic Variation
Meiosis
Recombination, Genetic
Reproduction
Reproduction, Asexual
Trypanosoma brucei brucei
Tsetse Flies

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