title: From clonal to sexual: a step in T. congolense evolution?
abstract: Although clearly demonstrated in Trypanosoma brucei, genetic exchange remains controversial in other trypanosome species. Recently, Morrison and co-workers applied a population-genetics analysis, and established the existence of mating in Trypanosoma congolense. Starting from this original discovery, we focus here on the important question of how mating is induced during the trypanosome life cycle and discuss the use of statistics to evidence this type of non-obligatory biological process.
authors.affiliation: CIRAD UMR 17 Trypanosomes, TA A-17/G, Campus International de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. philippe.holzmuller@cirad.fr
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Holzmuller
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Herder
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cuny
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: De Meeûs
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D001947:Breeding; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D014348:Trypanosoma congolense / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000469:parasitology