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Genetic analysis of the human infective trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei gambiense: chromosomal segregation, crossing over, and the construction of a genetic map

Anneli Cooper*, Andy Tait, Lindsay Sweeney, Alison Tweedie, Liam Morrison, C Michael R Turner and Annette MacLeod

Genome Biology 2008, 9:R103 doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-6-r103

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Sexual recombination is a signature of a persisting malaria epidemic in Peru

Patrick L Sutton, Lindsay P Torres, OraLee H Branch Malaria Journal 2011, 10:329 (31 October 2011)

A hypothesis that sexual recombination is important to determine the local subpopulation structure, based on the analysis of a longitudinal dataset.

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Genetics and genomics converge on the human blood fluke

Andy Tait Genome Biology 2009, 10:225 (30 June 2009)

A genetic map of the human infective blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni offers new approaches for research on this important parasitic worm.

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Genomic linkage map of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni

Charles D Criscione, Claudia LL Valentim, Hirohisa Hirai, Philip T LoVerde, Timothy JC Anderson Genome Biology 2009, 10:R71 (30 June 2009)

The first genetic linkage map of Schistosoma mansoni reveals insights into higher female recombination, confirms ZW inheritance patterns and recombination hotspots.