The origin of malarial parasites in orangutans.

Recent findings of Plasmodium in African apes have changed our perspectives on the evolution of malarial parasites in hominids. However, phylogenetic analyses of primate malarias are still missing information from Southeast Asian apes. In this study, we report molecular data for a malaria parasite l...

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Main Authors: M Andreína Pacheco, Michael J C Reid, Michael A Schillaci, Carl A Lowenberger, Biruté M F Galdikas, Lisa Jones-Engel, Ananias A Escalante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3335055?pdf=render