Plasticity and genetic variation in traits underpinning asexual replication of the rodent malaria parasite, Plasmodium chabaudi

Plasticity and genetic variation in traits underpinning asexual replication of the rodent malaria parasite, Plasmodium chabaudi

Abstract Background The ability of malaria (Plasmodium) parasites to adjust investment into sexual transmission stages versus asexually replicating stages is well known, but plasticity in other traits underpinning the replication rate of asexual stages in the blood has received less attention. Such...

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Main Authors: Philip L. G. Birget, Kimberley F. Prior, Nicholas J. Savill, Lewis Steer, Sarah E. Reece
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Red blood cell preference
Cycle duration
Phenotypic plasticity
In-host survival
Anaemia
G×E
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-019-2857-0

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