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Genomics, population genetics and evolutionary history of Plasmodium vivax.
Advances in parasitology - 1 Jan 2013
Carlton Jane M, Das Aparup, Escalante Ananias A
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium vivax is part of a highly diverse clade that includes several Plasmodium species found in nonhuman primates from Southeast Asia. The diversity of primate malarias in Asia is staggering; nevertheless, their origin was relatively recent in the evolution of Plasmodium. We discuss how humans acquired the lineage leading to P. vivax from a nonhuman primate determined by the complex geological processes that...
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