Chromosome and gene copy number variation allow major structural change between species and strains of Leishmania

B. Rogers, Matthew; D. Hilley, James; J. Dickens, Nicholas; Wilkes, Jonathan; A. Bates, Paul; P. Depledge, Daniel; Harris, David; Her, Yerim; Herzyk, Pawel; Imamura, Hideo; D. Otto, Thomas; Sanders, Mandy; Seeger, Kathy; Dujardin, Jean‐Claude; Berriman, Matthew; F. Smith, Deborah; Hertz‐Fowler, Christiane; C. Mottram, Jeremy

doi:10.1101/gr.122945.111

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Chromosome and gene copy number variation allow major structural change between species and strains of Leishmania

Published in Genome Research • Oct 28, 2011

Authors:

Matthew B. Rogers

James D. Hilley

Nicholas J. Dickens

Abstract

Leishmania parasites cause a spectrum of clinical pathology in humans ranging from disfiguring cutaneous lesions to fatal visceral leishmaniasis. We have generated a reference genome for Leishmania mexicana and refined the reference genomes for Leishmania major, Leishmania infantum, and Leishmania b...

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Biology

Genetics

Copy-number variation

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