A FAMILY TREE FOR TOXOPLASMA
September 01, 2008
September 01, 2008
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following article in Agriculture Today:
Scientists use DNA to track ancient evolutionary lineages and genetic migrations for a range of animals-including modern humans. ARS zoologist Ben Rosenthal is tracing the family tree of one of the most widespread parasites of warm-blooded vertebrates, Toxoplasma gondii.
"The most rewarding part of this research has been satisfying a basic curiosity abou . . .
Scientists use DNA to track ancient evolutionary lineages and genetic migrations for a range of animals-including modern humans. ARS zoologist Ben Rosenthal is tracing the family tree of one of the most widespread parasites of warm-blooded vertebrates, Toxoplasma gondii.
"The most rewarding part of this research has been satisfying a basic curiosity abou . . .