Self-Mating in the Definitive Host Potentiates Clonal Outbreaks of the Apicomplexan Parasites Sarcocystis neurona and Toxoplasma gondii

• Jered M. Wendte,

  Affiliations Molecular Parasitology Unit, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute–National Institutes of Health Research Scholars Program, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Melissa A. Miller,

  Affiliation Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center (CDFG-OSPR), Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

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• Dyanna M. Lambourn,

  Affiliation Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Lakewood, Washington, United States of America

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• Spencer L. Magargal,

  Affiliation Molecular Parasitology Unit, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• David A. Jessup,

  Affiliation Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center (CDFG-OSPR), Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

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• Michael E. Grigg

  * E-mail: griggm@niaid.nih.gov

  Affiliations Molecular Parasitology Unit, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

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