What happens when Trypanosoma brucei leaves Africa.
Trends Parasitol
; 24(10): 428-31, 2008 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
Julius Lukes and co-workers evaluated the evolutionary origin of Trypanosoma equiperdum and Trypanosoma evansi, parasites that cause horse and camel diseases. Although similar to T. brucei, the sleeping-sickness parasite, these trypanosomes do not cycle through the tsetse fly and have been able to spread beyond Africa. Transmission occurs sexually, or via blood-sucking flies or vampire bats. They concluded that these parasites, which resemble yeast petite mutants, are T. brucei sub-species, which have evolved recently through changes in mitochondrial DNA.
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Trypanosoma brucei brucei
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Adaptação Fisiológica
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DNA de Cinetoplasto
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Potencial da Membrana Mitocondrial
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Animals
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2008
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Article