| Literature DB >> 12787745 |
Michael E Grigg1, Yasuhiro Suzuki.
Abstract
The protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii is endemic worldwide. For such a widespread pathogen that has few geographic or host boundaries, it possess an unexpected population structure comprised principally of three clonally propagated lineages. The origin and the evolutionary dynamics of these three lines are unclear. Recent population genetic analyses suggest that a meiotic recombination between two discrete gene pools produces a pandemic outbreak of three super-successful lines, which have recently come to dominate most other strains worldwide.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 12787745 DOI： 10.1016/s1286-4579(03)00088-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Microbes Infect ISSN： 1286-4579 Impact factor: 2.700