Gene-specific signatures of elevated non-synonymous substitution rates correlate poorly across the Plasmodium genus.

Comparative genome analyses of parasites allow large scale investigation of selective pressures shaping their evolution. An acute limitation to such analysis of Plasmodium falciparum is that there is only very partial low-coverage genome sequence of the most closely related species, the chimpanzee p...

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Main Authors: Gareth D Weedall, Spencer D Polley, David J Conway
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2384006?pdf=render