Population genetics - Malaria variorum

被引：17

作者：

Clark, AG ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Cornell Univ, Dept Mol Biol & Genet, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

来源：

NATURE | 2002年 / 418卷 / 6895期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1038/418283a

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

A genetic study of the malaria parasite finds that this species is unexpectedly diverse. A second study shows multiple independent origins of mutations in one parasite gene that confer resistance to a widely used drug.

引用

页码：283 / 285

页数：3

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