@article{fdi:010061851, title = {{N}ew insights into clonality and panmixia in {P}lasmodium and {T}oxoplasma}, author = {{T}ibayrenc, {M}ichel and {A}yala, {F}. {J}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{U}ntil the 1990s, {P}lasmodium and {T}oxoplasma were widely considered to be potentially panmictic species, because they both undergo a meiotic sexual cycle in their definitive hosts. {W}e have proposed that both parasites are able of clonal (nonrecombining) propagation, at least in some cycles. {T}oxoplasma was soon shown to be a paradigmatic case of clonal population structure in {N}orth {A}merican and in {E}uropean cycles. {B}ut the proposal provoked an outcry in the case of {P}lasmodium and still appears as doubtful to many scientists. {H}owever, the existence of {P}lasmodium nonrecombining lines has been fully confirmed, although the origin of these lines is debatable. {W}e discuss the current state of knowledge concerning the population structure of both parasites in the light of the recent developments of pathogen clonal evolution proposed by us and of new hypotheses presented here.}, keywords = {{POPULATION} {GENETIC}-{STRUCTURE} ; {MOLECULAR} {EPIDEMIOLOGY} ; {TRANSMISSION} ; {DYNAMICS} ; {PARASITIC} {PROTOZOA} ; {MALARIA} {CONTROL} ; {SOUTH}-{AMERICA} ; {GONDII} ; {FALCIPARUM} ; {DIVERSITY} ; {VIVAX} ; {AMERIQUE} {LATINE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{A}dvances in {P}arasitology}, volume = {84}, numero = {}, pages = {253--268}, year = {2014}, DOI = {10.1016/b978-0-12-800099-1.00005-3}, ISBN = {978-0-12-800099-1}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061851}, }