The mating competence of geographically diverse Leishmania major strains in their natural and unnatural sand fly vectors.

The mating competence of geographically diverse Leishmania major strains in their natural and unnatural sand fly vectors.

Invertebrate stages of Leishmania are capable of genetic exchange during their extracellular growth and development in the sand fly vector. Here we explore two variables: the ability of diverse L. major strains from across its natural range to undergo mating in pairwise tests; and the timing of the...

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Main Authors: Ehud Inbar, Natalia S Akopyants, Melanie Charmoy, Audrey Romano, Phillip Lawyer, Dia-Eldin A Elnaiem, Florence Kauffmann, Mourad Barhoumi, Michael Grigg, Katherine Owens, Michael Fay, Deborah E Dobson, Jahangheer Shaik, Stephen M Beverley, David Sacks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3723561?pdf=render

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