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SUBMITTER: Khan A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2794221 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Khan Asis A Behnke Michael S MS Dunay Ildiko R IR White Michael W MW Sibley L David LD
Eukaryotic cell 20091002 12
Toxoplasma gondii has an unusual population structure consisting of three clonal lineages that predominate in North America and Europe. This simple pattern has encouraged the use of only a few laboratory isolates that are representative of each lineage. Principle among these is the type I RH strain, originally isolated from a child with encephalitis some 70 years ago. Comparison of different passages of the RH strain that have been propagated differently over the intervening time period revealed ...[more]