Genetic variability of Colombian populations of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli
Biol. Res
; 32(1): 1-10, 1999. tab, ilus
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RESUMO
This paper presents our study of genetic variability of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli strains isolated from different Colombian biological hosts, using multilocus enzyme electrophoresis for 15 enzyme systems and electrophoretic analysis of kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) digested with EcoRI and MspI endonucleases. Isoenzyme profiles were used to determine genotypes for each of the strains. populations of T. cruzi and T. rangeli were found to have a polymorphic average of 86,7 per cent and 26,7 per cent, respectively. Schyzodeme analysis showed high variability for T. cruzi, since its genetic distance values were found to be greater than 50 per cent, considerably higher than those previously reported for several T. cruzi strains from other countries. these results suggest that Colombian strains should be considered as genetically independent entities and are worth studying independently from each other to clearly establish their biological and clinical characteristics.
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LILACS
Assunto principal:
Polimorfismo Genético
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Trypanosoma
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Trypanosoma cruzi
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Variação Genética
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Colombia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biol. Res
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article