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Population Structure of Toxoplasma gondii: Clonal Expansion Driven by Infrequent Recombination and Selective Sweeps
Abstract
Toxoplasma gondii is among the most successful parasites. It is capable of infecting all warm-blooded animals and causing opportunistic disease in humans. T. gondii has a striking clonal population structure consisting of three predominant lineages in North America and Europe. Clonality is associated with the recent emergence of a monomorphic version of Chr1a, which drove a selective genetic sweep within the past 10,000 years. Strains from South America diverged from those in North America some 1–2 mya; recently, however, the monomorphic Chr1a has extended into regions of South America, where it is also associated with clonality. The recent spread of a few dominant lineages has dramatically shaped the population structure of T. gondii and has resulted in most lineages sharing a highly pathogenic nature. Understanding the factors that have shaped the population structure of T. gondii has implications for the emergence and transmission of human pathogens.
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- Sibley, L. D., & Ajioka, J. W.
- Venue
- Annual Review of Microbiology
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2008-10-01
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 329-351
- ISSN
- 0066-4227 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-3251
- OpenAlex
- W2163454956
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- 245
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 2.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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