Self-Hybridization in Leishmania major
Tiago Rodrigues Ferreira, Ehud Inbar, Jahangheer Shaik, Brendan M. Jeffrey, Kashinath Ghosh, Deborah E. Dobson, Stephen M. Beverley, David L. Sacks
Abstract
Our data reveal that self-hybridization can occur with comparable frequency as interstrain mating under experimental lab conditions, leading to important genomic alterations that can potentially take place within every naturally infected sand fly.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyGeneticsSelfingPopulationLeishmaniaParasite hostingWorld Wide WebComputer scienceDemographySociologyResearch on Leishmaniasis StudiesTrypanosoma species research and implicationsInsect symbiosis and bacterial influences