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Free-Tree--freeware program for construction of phylogenetic trees on the basis of distance data and bootstrap/jackknife analysis of the tree robustness. Application in the RAPD analysis of genus…
- A. Pavlícek, S. Hrdá, J. Flegr
- Mathematics, Medicine
- Folia biologica
- 1999
The Win95 program for computation of distance matrixes and construction of phylogenetic or phenetic trees on the basis of RAPD, RFLP and allozyme data was presented. In contrast with other presently… Expand
Construction and bootstrap analysis of DNA fingerprinting-based phylogenetic trees with the freeware program FreeTree: application to trichomonad parasites.
- V. Hampl, A. Pavlícek, J. Flegr
- Biology, Medicine
- International journal of systematic and…
- 1 May 2001
The Win95/98/NT program FreeTree for computation of distance matrices and construction of phylogenetic or phenetic trees on the basis of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), RFLP and allozyme… Expand
Toxoplasmosis – A Global Threat. Correlation of Latent Toxoplasmosis with Specific Disease Burden in a Set of 88 Countries
- J. Flegr, J. Prandota, Michaela Sovičková, Z. Israili
- Medicine
- PloS one
- 24 March 2014
Background Toxoplasmosis is becoming a global health hazard as it infects 30–50% of the world human population. Clinically, the life-long presence of the parasite in tissues of a majority of infected… Expand
Influence of latent Toxoplasma infection on human personality, physiology and morphology: pros and cons of the Toxoplasma–human model in studying the manipulation hypothesis
- J. Flegr
- Medicine
- Journal of Experimental Biology
- 1 January 2013
Summary The parasitic protozoan Toxoplasma gondii infects about one-third of the population of developed countries. The life-long presence of dormant stages of this parasite in the brain and muscular… Expand
How and why Toxoplasma makes us crazy.
- J. Flegr
- Medicine
- Trends in parasitology
- 1 April 2013
For a long time, a latent toxoplasmosis, the lifelong presence of dormant stages of Toxoplasma in various tissues, including the brain, was considered harmless for immunocompetent persons. Within the… Expand
Female facial attractiveness increases during the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle
- Susan C. Roberts, J. Havlíček, +5 authors M. Petrie
- Psychology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of London…
- 7 August 2004
The lack of obvious visible manifestations of ovulation in human females, compared with the prominent sexual swellings of many primates, has led to the idea that human ovulation is concealed. While… Expand
The Distribution of Toxoplasma gondii Cysts in the Brain of a Mouse with Latent Toxoplasmosis: Implications for the Behavioral Manipulation Hypothesis
- Miroslava Berenreiterová, J. Flegr, A. Kubena, P. Němec
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 14 December 2011
Background The highly prevalent parasite Toxoplasma gondii reportedly manipulates rodent behavior to enhance the likelihood of transmission to its definitive cat host. The proximate mechanisms… Expand
Increased risk of traffic accidents in subjects with latent toxoplasmosis: a retrospective case-control study
- J. Flegr, J. Havlíček, P. Kodym, M. Malý, Z. Šmahel
- Medicine
- BMC infectious diseases
- 2 July 2002
BackgroundThe parasite Toxoplasma gondii infects 30–60% of humans worldwide. Latent toxoplasmosis, i.e., the life-long presence of Toxoplasma cysts in neural and muscular tissues, leads to… Expand
Inference of the phylogenetic position of oxymonads based on nine genes: support for metamonada and excavata.
- V. Hampl, D. Horner, +4 authors T. M. Embley
- Biology, Medicine
- Molecular biology and evolution
- 1 December 2005
Circumscribing major eukaryote groups and resolving higher order relationships between them are among the most challenging tasks facing molecular evolutionists. Recently, evidence suggesting a new… Expand
Comparison of european Trichobilharzia species based on ITS1 and ITS2 sequences.
- J. Dvořák, S. Vanácová, V. Hampl, J. Flegr, P. Horák
- Biology, Medicine
- Parasitology
- 1 March 2002
Schistosomes are parasites of considerable medical and veterinary importance and, therefore, all aspects of their biology have been intensively studied. In contrast, our knowledge of species of the… Expand