title: A genetic map and recombination parameters of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
abstract: Genetic investigations of malaria require a genome-wide, high-resolution linkage map of Plasmodium falciparum. A genetic cross was used to construct such a map from 901 markers that fall into 14 inferred linkage groups corresponding to the 14 nuclear chromosomes. Meiotic crossover activity in the genome proved high (17 kilobases per centimorgan) and notably uniform over chromosome length. Gene conversion events and spontaneous microsatellite length changes were evident in the inheritance data. The markers, map, and recombination parameters are facilitating genome sequence assembly, localization of determinants for such traits as virulence and drug resistance, and genetic studies of parasite field populations.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0425, USA.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Ferdig
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: C Q
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Huynh
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wootton
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Wellems
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D003434:Crossing Over, Genetic; D005785:Gene Conversion; D005819:Genetic Markers; D018503:Genome, Protozoan; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008540:Meiosis; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D009154:Mutation; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000235:genetics*; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers