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Self-Hybridization in Leishmania major.
mBio - 20 Dec 2022
Ferreira Tiago R, Inbar Ehud, Shaik Jahangheer, Jeffrey Brendan M, Ghosh Kashinath, Dobson Deborah E, Beverley Stephen M, Sacks David
Abstract excerpt
Genetic exchange between different Leishmania strains in the sand fly vector has been experimentally demonstrated and is supported by population genetic studies. In nature, opportunities for Leishmania interstrain mating are restricted to flies biting multiply infected hosts or through multiple bites of different hosts. In contrast, self-mating could occur in any infected sand fly. By crossing two recombinant...
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