Intraclonal mating occurs during tsetse transmission of Trypanosoma brucei

Parasites & Vectors

Table 5 Genotypes and DNA contents of clones from transmission of yellow fluorescent clone

Clone	Fluorescence	DNA content^a	Microsatellite locus
			II-PLC	III-2	IV-TB4/7	VI-TB6/1	VIII-TB8/9	IX-TB9/6	X-TB10/17	XI-53
SG3 clone 7	Yellow	2N^b	bc	bd	bc	ab	ab	bc	ac	ab
Transmission 1
7A clone 1	Yellow	0.91	bc	bd	bc	ab	ab	bc	ac	ab
7A clone 2	Yellow	0.90	bc	bd	bc	ab	ab	bc	ac	ab
7C clones 1-4	Red	ND	bc	bd	bc	ab	ab	bc	ac	ab
7C clones 5,6	Yellow	ND	bc	bd	bc	ab	ab	bc	ac	ab
7D clones 1	Red	1.58	bc	bd	bc	ab	ab	bc	ac	ab
7D clones 2,3	Yellow	ND	bc	bd	bc	ab	ab	bc	ac	ab
7D clones 4	Red	0.78	bc	bd	bc	ab	ab	bc	ac	ab
Transmission 2
7A1-1 clones 1, 2	Yellow	ND	bc	bd	bc	ab	ab	bc	ac	ab
7A1-2 clones 1, 2	Yellow	ND	bc	bd	bc	ab	ab	bc	ac	ab
7A1-3 clone 1	Yellow	ND	bc	bd	bc	ab	ab	bc	ac	ab
7A1-3 clone 2	Red	ND	bc	bd	bc	ab	ab	bc	ac	ab
7A1-4 clone 1	Yellow	1.42	bb	bd	bb	ab	ab	bc	ac	ab
7A1-4 clone 2	Red	ND	bc	bd	bc	ab	ab	bc	cc	ab
7A2-1 clones 1, 3	Yellow	ND	bc	bd	bc	ab	ab	bc	ac	ab
7A2-1 clone 2	Red	ND	bc	bd	bc	ab	ab	bc	ac	ab
7A2-2 clones 1, 2	Yellow	ND	bc	bd	bc	ab	ab	bc	ac	ab

a. DNA content relative to T. b. brucei strain 427, arbitrarily assigned a DNA content of 1.00. ND, not done.
b. Measured previously [8].

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