Loss of Stages after Continuous Passage of Toxoplasma gondii and Besnoitia jellisoni*
- 1 August 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Protozoology
- Vol. 23 (3) , 421-424
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.1976.tb03799.x
Abstract
T. gondii, passed from mouse to mouse in the tachyzoite stage for 30-35 generations, developed cysts, which, when fed to cats, failed to produce oocysts. B. jellisoni, passed similarly for 20 generations, lost the capacity to form cysts. These phenomena are explained by a loss of genomes or gene products during the rapid passage selecting for tachyzoites.Keywords
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