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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 99, 期 16, 页码 10753-10758出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.172117099
关键词
QTL mapping; genetics; parasite; linkage analysis
资金
- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI036629, AI 36629] Funding Source: Medline
Strains of Toxoplasma gondii can be grouped into three predominant clonal lineages with members of the type I group being uniformly lethal in mice. To elucidate the basis of this extreme virulence, a genetic cross was performed between a highly virulent type I strain (GT-1) and a less-virulent type III strain (CTG), and the phenotypes of resulting progeny were analyzed by genetic linkage mapping. Analysis of independent recombinant progeny identified several quantitative trait loci that contributed to acute virulence. A major quantitative trait locus located on chromosome VII accounted for approximate to50% of the virulence phenotype, whereas a minor locus on chromosome IV, linked to the ROP1 gene, accounted for approximate to10%. These loci are conserved in other type I strains, indicating that acute virulence is controlled by discrete genes common to the type I lineage.
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