Genomes of cryptic chimpanzee Plasmodium species reveal key evolutionary events leading to human malaria

African apes harbour six Plasmodium species, one of which gave rise to the human malaria parasite. Here, Sundaraman et al. use selective whole-genome amplification to determine genome sequences from two chimpanzee Plasmodiumspecies, shedding light on the evolutionary origin of the human parasite.

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Nature Communications
Main Authors:	Sesh A. Sundararaman, Lindsey J. Plenderleith, Weimin Liu, Dorothy E. Loy, Gerald H. Learn, Yingying Li, Katharina S. Shaw, Ahidjo Ayouba, Martine Peeters, Sheri Speede, George M. Shaw, Frederic D. Bushman, Dustin Brisson, Julian C. Rayner, Paul M. Sharp, Beatrice H. Hahn
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2016-03-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11078