Sequencing_12_strains_of_putative_hybrid_Leishmania_infantum-sc-2011-04-05T11:49:25Z-1783
Sequencing_12_strains_of_putative_hybrid_Leishmania_infantum
It is currently well accepted in the Leishmania research community that sexual recombination events can occur between promastigotes in the insect vector; indeed, a recent paper in press provides strong evidence of L. donovani hybrids in the sand fly midgut, using drug resistant fluorescent strains. We present data in support of this theory by examining whole genome data from a strain of Leishmania infantum from which one isolate is suspected of being a hybrid of two closely related strains. This data is part of a pre-publication release. For information on the proper use of pre-publication data shared by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (including details of any publication moratoria), please see http://www.sanger.ac.uk/datasharing/
Population level diversity study of Leishmania infantum, with the object of finding evidence for crossing between two strains, and evidence of recombination and inbreeding in each.