"Sexual" population structure and genetics of the malaria agent P. falciparum.
The population genetics and structure of P. falciparum determine the rate at which malaria evolves in response to interventions such as drugs and vaccines. This has been the source of considerable recent controversy, but here we demonstrate the organism to be essentially sexual, in an area of modera...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1910609?pdf=render |