Geographical distribution of selected and putatively neutral SNPs in Southeast Asian malaria parasites

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2362-2374

  Anderson, Tim J C ^a   Nair, Shalini ^a   Sudimack, Dan ^a   Williams, Jeff T ^a   Mayxay, Mayfong ^b,c   Newton, Paul N ^c,d   Guthmann, Jean Paul ^e   Smithuis, Frank M ^e   Hien, Tran Tinh ^f   Van Den Broek, Ingrid V F ^e   White, Nicholas J ^d,g   Nosten, François ^d,g,h  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

^c MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^d CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^g MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^h SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

Author keywords

dhfr; dhps; Drug resistance; Genetic structure; Local adaptation; pfcrt; pfmdr; Plasmodium falciparum; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 27844584255     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi235     Document Type: Article

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