Genomic analysis of Leishmania turanica strains from different regions of Central Asia.

• Main Authors: Tatiana S Novozhilova (Author), Daniil S Chistyakov (Author), Lyudmila V Akhmadishina (Author), Alexander N Lukashev (Author), Evgeny S Gerasimov (Author), Vyacheslav Yurchenko (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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The evolution in Leishmania is governed by the opposite forces of clonality and sexual reproduction, with vicariance being an important factor. As such, Leishmania spp. populations may be monospecific or mixed. Leishmania turanica in Central Asia is a good model to compare these two types. In most a...