Asexual populations of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, use a two-step genomic strategy to acquire accurate, beneficial DNA amplifications.

Malaria drug resistance contributes to up to a million annual deaths. Judicious deployment of new antimalarials and vaccines could benefit from an understanding of early molecular events that promote the evolution of parasites. Continuous in vitro challenge of Plasmodium falciparum parasites with a...

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Main Authors: Jennifer L Guler, Daniel L Freeman, Vida Ahyong, Rapatbhorn Patrapuvich, John White, Ramesh Gujjar, Margaret A Phillips, Joseph DeRisi, Pradipsinh K Rathod
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3662640?pdf=render