From a mono to a digenetic life-cycle: how was the jump for flagellates of the family trypanosomatidae?
It has been found that species of the digenetic genus Trypanosoma as well as species of monogenetic trypanosomatids of insects can grow in the lumen of the scent glands of opossums reproducing the cycle they perform in the intestinal tract of their insect hosts. Based on these findings, speculations are made on the incompletely known cycles of many mammalian trypanosomes and on the evolution of the family Trypanosomatidae.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
1988
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761988000300002 |
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