Parasite populations: the puzzle of Plasmodium.
The issue of whether the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is effectively clonal, as some argue, or undergoes outcrossing at a high rate, as many others believe, has been controversial. Recent data support the latter view, though no doubt the puzzle has not yet been laid to rest.
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Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Labs, King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, Scotland, UK. jhey@mbcl.turgers.edu
D000818:Animals; D005828:Genetics, Population; D018503:Genome, Protozoan; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C041595:circumsporozoite protein, Protozoan