Mechanisms of life cycle simplification in African trypanosomes
Abstract African trypanosomes are important parasites in sub-Saharan Africa that undergo a quorum-sensing dependent development to morphologically ‘stumpy forms’ in mammalian hosts to favour transmission by tsetse flies. However, some trypanosome clades have simplified their lifecycle by escaping de...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2024-12-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54555-w |