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Genetic Diversity, Population Structure, And Evolution Of Virulence In Toxoplasma Gondii, Elliot Keats Cullen Shwab
Genetic Diversity, Population Structure, And Evolution Of Virulence In Toxoplasma Gondii, Elliot Keats Cullen Shwab
Doctoral Dissertations
Toxoplasma gondii is among the most widespread eukaryotic pathogens known. It chronically infects approximately one third of the world’s human population and has been isolated from an extremely diverse array of globally distributed mammals and birds. Understanding the structure of the worldwide T. gondii population enhances our understanding of the factors that have shaped that structure and led to the proliferation of one of the most evolutionarily successful pathogens on Earth. Herein we collate genotypic data from global isolates, demonstrating that T. gondii possesses a unique population structure in which only a small number of genotypes dominate throughout the northern …
Molecular Epidemiology, Genotyping, And Mat Testing Of Toxoplasma Gondii, Jack Kang
Molecular Epidemiology, Genotyping, And Mat Testing Of Toxoplasma Gondii, Jack Kang
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
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Pollen Myosins And The Specific Role Of Xij, Whitnee Michelle Ferari
Pollen Myosins And The Specific Role Of Xij, Whitnee Michelle Ferari
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
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Study Of Population Diversity Of Toxoplasma Gondii, Debashree Majumdar
Study Of Population Diversity Of Toxoplasma Gondii, Debashree Majumdar
Masters Theses
Toxoplasma gondii, the causal agent of toxoplasmosis, is an important water and food borne protozoan parasite. T. gondii was previously shown to have a distinct clonal population structure composed of Type I, II and III lineages in North America and Europe. But more recent studies demonstrated high diversity in South America. In the present project we have conducted an intensive study of the population diversity of T. gondii and surveyed the extent of genetic variation among natural T. gondii isolates on a global scale in order to better understand the population dynamics and pathogenesis of this parasite. To this …