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Self-Hybridization in Leishmania major

Year: 2022

Type: article

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.

Source: mBio

DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02858-22

Authors: Tiago R. Ferreira, Ehud Inbar, Jahangheer Shaik, Brendan M. Jeffrey, Kashinath Ghosh, Deborah E. Dobson, Stephen M. Beverley, David Sacks

Institutions: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Washington University in St. Louis

Language: English

Topic: Research on Leishmaniasis Studies

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,900

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Awards: G1754368868, G5520316217, GLYCOSYLATION MUTANTS OF LEISHMANIA, MOLECULAR GENETICS OF LEISHMANIA

OpenAlex ID: W4309246103

FWCI: 3.532

Cites: 64

Cited by: 22

Related to: 10