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A selective sweep driven by pyrimethamine treatment in southeast asian malaria parasites.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Sept 2003
Nair Shalini, Williams Jeff T, Brockman Alan, Paiphun Lucy, Mayxay Mayfong, Newton Paul N, Guthmann Jean-Paul, Smithuis Frank M, Hien Tran Tinh, White Nicholas J, Nosten François, Anderson Tim J C
Abstract excerpt
Malaria parasites (Plasmodium falciparum) provide an excellent system in which to study the genomic effects of strong selection in a recombining eukaryote because the rapid spread of resistance to multiple drugs during the last the past 50 years has been well documented, the full genome sequence and a microsatellite map are now available, and haplotype data can be easily generated. We examined microsatellite...
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