Do malaria parasites mate non-randomly in the mosquito midgut?

Genetical Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 285-296

  Anderson, T J C ^a,b   Paul, R E L ^a,c   Donnelly, C A ^a   Day, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DIPLOIDY; GAMETE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INBREEDING; MALARIA; MATING; MIDGUT; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CELL DIVISION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; MALARIA; MALE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034086847     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672300004481     Document Type: Article

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