title: Genetic hybrids of Plasmodium falciparum identified by amplification of genomic DNA from single oocysts.
abstract: Individual oocysts from Plasmodium falciparum-infected Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes have been examined by the PCR technique, after their removal from the midgut. The DNA obtained from these oocysts has been amplified using oligonucleotide primers specific for part of the merozoite surface antigen MSA-1 gene. This technique distinguishes oocysts which are the products of self-fertilisation events from those which are the products of cross-fertilisation between different parasite clones.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Ranford-Cartwright
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Balfe
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Walliker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics*; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D020066:Merozoite Surface Protein 1; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D020066:Merozoite Surface Protein 1; D011498:Protein Precursors; D015800:Protozoan Proteins