Article
The use of RAPDs for the study of the genetic diversity of Schistosoma mansoni and Trypanosoma cruzi.
EXS - 1 Jan 1993
Dias Neto E, Steindel M, Passos L K, de Souza C P, Rollinson D, Katz N, Romanha A J, Pena S D, Simpson A J
Abstract excerpt
Arbitrary primers have been used for the production of complex, PCR generated DNA profiles in order to undertake a preliminary random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis of strains (and related species) of two parasitic organisms that are responsible for important diseases endemic in Brazil...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Protozoan
- Evaluation Studies as Topic
- Genetic Variation
- Isoenzymes
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Schistosoma mansoni
- Species Specificity
- Trypanosoma cruzi
