title: Genetic diversity and differentiation in natural Plasmodium falciparum populations inferred by molecular typing of the merozoite surface proteins 1 and 2.
abstract: Genetic diversity and differentiation, inferred by typing the polymorphic genes coding for the merozoite surface proteins 1 (Msp-1) and 2 (Msp-2), were compared for 345 isolates belonging to seven Plasmodium falciparum populations from three continents. Both loci yielded similar estimates of genetic diversity for each population, but rather different patterns of between-population differentiation, suggesting that natural selection on these loci, rather than the transmission dynamics of P. falciparum, determines the variation in allele frequencies among populations.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Parasitologia Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fabrício J T
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cordeiro
authors.forename: Erika H E
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: Marcelo U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics*; D017125:Genes, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D020066:Merozoite Surface Protein 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012641:Selection, Genetic
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D020066:Merozoite Surface Protein 1; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C065974:merozoite surface protein 2, Plasmodium