Table 5.
Parasite system | Phenotypes | Number of loci involved (chr. #) |
Number of gene(s) involved (gene name) |
Percentage of phenotypic variations explained by the loci | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Toxoplasma gondii | Acute virulence | 1 (XII) | 1 (ROP5) | - | 97 |
Acute virulence | 3 (VIIa/VIIb/XII) | 3 (ROP18/ROP16/ROP5) | - | 98, 99 | |
Acute virulence | 2 (VIIa/Ia) | 1 (ROP18) | - | 100, 101 | |
Growth | 4 (VIIa/XI/XII/Ia) | - | - | 102 | |
Migration | 1 (VIIa) | - | - | 101 | |
Acute virulence | 1 (XII) | 1 (ROP5) | - | 103 | |
Plasmodium yoelii yoelii (rodent malaria parasite] | Growth rate | 1 (XIII) | 1 (pyebl) | - | 78, 79 |
Meloidogyne hapla (plant pathogen nematode) |
Egg mass number | 2 (VII/XIII) | - | - | 80 |
Total eggs among F2 lines | 2 (IV/VII) | - | - | 80 | |
Schistosoma mansoni | Transmission stage production/Virulence | 5 (3 major: I/III/V and 2 minor: II/IV) |
5 potential best candidate genes (peptidylprolyl isomerase/G-protein coupled receptor kinase/Calmodulin and Nucleoporin_FG2/LYAR cell growth regulating nucleolar protein) | 28.56% | Present study |