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Evolution of the genus Leishmania as revealed by comparisons of nuclear DNA restriction fragment patterns.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·Vol. 84 ·No. 2 ·1987-01-00 ·Pages 484-8

Beverley SM, Ismach RB, Pratt DM

Abstract

Restriction endonuclease DNA fragment patterns have been used to examine the relationships among 28 isolates of Leishmania as well as Crithidia, Endotrypanum, and Trypanosoma cruzi. Fragments of nuclear DNA were generated with six restriction enzymes, and blots were hybridized with probes from three loci. Among the major lineages the fragment patterns are essentially completely different, while within the major lineages various degrees of divergence are found. Molecular evolutionary trees were constructed using the method of Nei and Li to estimate the percent nucleotide sequence divergence among strains from the fraction of fragments shared. Defined groups, such as species or subspecies within the major lineages, are also grouped by nuclear DNA comparisons. Within the donovani complex, we find Leishmania donovani chagasi and Leishmania donovani infantum to be as similar as strains within Leishmania donovani donovani, consistent with the proposal by other workers that New World visceral leishmaniasis originated quite recently.

MeSH Terms
Animals Biological Evolution Cell Nucleus/analysis DNA/genetics DNA Restriction Enzymes Leishmania/genetics Nucleic Acid Hybridization Species Specificity
Chemicals
DNA DNA Restriction Enzymes
Authors & Affiliations
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Beverley S M
Ismach R B
Pratt D M
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Article Info
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abbr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN
0027-8424
DOI
10.1073/pnas.84.2.484
Published
1987-01-00
Pages
484-8
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505876
PMCID
PMC304233
Subset
IM
Grants
NIAID NIH HHS · AI 21049-02 · United States
NIAID NIH HHS · AI 21903-02 · United States
NIAID NIH HHS · AI 23004-01 · United States
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