Population genomics reveals the origin and asexual evolution of human infective trypanosomes
Population genomics reveals the origin and asexual evolution of human infective trypanosomes
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Weir, William , Capewell, Paul , Foth, Bernardo , Clucas, Caroline , Pountain, Andrew , Steketee, Pieter , Veitch, Nicola , Koffi, Mathurin , De Meeûs, Thierry , Kaboré, Jacques , Camara, Mamadou , Cooper, Anneli , Tait, Andy , Jamonneau, Vincent , Bucheton, Bruno , Berriman, Matt and MacLeod, Annette
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England: eLife Science Publications, Ltd
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Evolutionary theory predicts that the lack of recombination and chromosomal re-assortment in strictly asexual organisms results in homologous chromosomes irreversibly accumulating mutations and thus evolving independently of each other, a phenomenon termed the Meselson effect. We apply a population genomics approach to examine this effect in an imp...
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Population genomics reveals the origin and asexual evolution of human infective trypanosomes
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_8a38574c7d4c4a368f3b6cd7ee2f54ef
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_8a38574c7d4c4a368f3b6cd7ee2f54ef
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2050-084X
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2050-084X
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10.7554/eLife.11473
