Inferred relatedness and heritability in malaria parasites

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1693, 2010, Pages 2531-2540

  Anderson, Tim J C ^a   Williams, Jeff T ^a   Nair, Shalini ^a   Sudimack, Daniel ^a   Barends, Marion ^b   Jaidee, Anchalee ^b   Price, Ric N ^c   Nosten, François ^b,d,e  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; Clearance rate; Clones; Drug resistance; Heritability; Twins

Indexed keywords

CLONE; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; HERITABILITY; MALARIA; PARASITE; PHENOTYPE; PROTOZOAN; RELATEDNESS; SEX RATIO;

MYANMAR; THAILAND;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 77956456574     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0196     Document Type: Conference Paper

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