Trypanosoma evansi: genetic variability detected using amplified restriction fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis of Kenyan isolates
Masiga, D.K.; Ndung'u, K.; Tweedie, A.; Tait, A.; Turner, C.M.R.
Experimental Parasitology 114(3): 147-153
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0014-4894 PMID: 16624308 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.03.002
Accession: 012712889
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We compared two methods to generate polymorphic markers to investigate the population genetics of Trypanosoma evansi; random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and amplified restriction fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analyses. AFLP accessed many more polymorphisms than RAPD. Cluster analysis of the AFLP data showed that 12 T.evansi isolates were very similar ('type A') whereas 2 isolates differed substantially ('type B'). Type A isolates have been generally regarded as genetically identical but AFLP analysis was able to identify multiple differences between them and split the type A T. evansi isolates into two distinct clades.