Experimental evolution, genetic analysis and genome re-sequencing reveal the mutation conferring artemisinin resistance in an isogenic lineage of malaria parasites

• Authors: Beraldi D, Blaxter M, Borges S, Cravo P, Creasey A, Fawcett R, Hunt P, Kumar S, Loewe L, Martinelli A, Modrzynska K, Otto TD, Pain A, Rodrigues L, Thomson M, Trivedi U
• Journal: BMC Genomics
• Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Experimental+evolution%2C+genetic+analysis+and+genome+re-sequencing+reveal+the+mutation+conferring+artemisinin+resistance+in+an+isogenic+lineage+of+malaria+parasites

BACKGROUND: Classical and quantitative linkage analyses of genetic crosses have traditionally been used to map genes of interest, such as those conferring chloroquine or quinine resistance in malaria parasites. Next-generation sequencing technologies now present the possibility of determining genome-wide genetic variation at single base-pair resolution. Here, we combine in vivo experimental evolution, a rapid genetic […]
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