Kinetoplastid Phylogenomics Reveals the Evolutionary Innovations Associated with the Origins of Parasitism

The evolution of parasitism is a recurrent event in the history of life and a core problem in evolutionary biology. Trypanosomatids are important parasites and include the human pathogens Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi, and Leishmania spp., which in humans cause African trypanosomiasis, Chaga...

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Main Authors: Jackson, Andrew P., Otto, Thomas D., Aslett, Martin, Armstrong, Stuart D., Bringaud, Frederic, Schlacht, Alexander, Hartley, Catherine, Sanders, Mandy, Wastling, Jonathan M., Dacks, Joel B., Acosta-Serrano, Alvaro, Field, Mark C., Ginger, Michael L., Berriman, Matthew
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Cell Press 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4728078/