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Quantifying Replication Slippage Error in Cryptosporidium Metabarcoding Studies.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 25 Jul 2024
Knox Matthew A, Biggs Patrick J, Garcia-R Juan Carlos, Hayman David T S
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variation in Cryptosporidium, a common protozoan gut parasite in humans, is often based on marker genes containing trinucleotide repeats, which differentiate subtypes and track outbreaks. However, repeat regions have high replication slippage rates, making it difficult to discern biological diversity from error. Here, we synthesized Cryptosporidium DNA in clonal plasmid vectors, amplified them in...
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