Title |
Intraclonal mating occurs during tsetse transmission of Trypanosoma brucei
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Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, September 2009
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DOI | 10.1186/1756-3305-2-43 |
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Authors |
Lori Peacock, Vanessa Ferris, Mick Bailey, Wendy Gibson |
Abstract |
Mating in Trypanosoma brucei is a non-obligatory event, triggered by the co-occurrence of different strains in the salivary glands of the vector. Recombinants that result from intra- rather than interclonal mating have been detected, but only in crosses of two different trypanosome strains. This has led to the hypothesis that when trypanosomes recognize a different strain, they release a diffusible factor or pheromone that triggers mating in any cell in the vicinity whether it is of the same or a different strain. This idea assumes that the trypanosome can recognize self and non-self, although there is as yet no evidence for the existence of mating types in T. brucei. |
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