Toxoplasma gondii CAST genome sequencing project

New research on Toxoplasma gondii has revealed that there is more genetic variation than previously expected in lineages from North America and Europe. The population structure is strongly subdivided by geographic region and by the existence of clonal lineages in some regions into 12 major lineages. The T. gondii CAST strain will be sequenced as the reference strain for one of these 12 main lineages.

针对刚地弓形虫（Toxoplasma gondii）的最新研究显示，其源自北美与欧洲的谱系所携带的遗传变异程度远超此前预期。该种群结构呈现出显著的地理区域分化特征，且部分区域存在克隆谱系，可被划分为12个主要谱系。本次研究将对刚地弓形虫CAST毒株进行测序，将其作为上述12个主要谱系之一的参考毒株。