Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 10 April 2009:
Vol. 324. no. 5924, pp. 187 - 189
DOI: 10.1126/science.1172789
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Perspectives

GENETICS:
Leishmania Exploit Sex

Michael A. Miles, Matthew Yeo, Isabel L. Mauricio

Leishmania are the last of the three major groups of trypanosomatid parasites to give up their secret--a healthy capacity for genetic exchange.

Pathogen Molecular Biology Unit, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK. E-mail: michael.miles{at}lshtm.ac.uk

Read the Full Text

To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)