Patterns of gene recombination shape var gene repertoires in Plasmodium falciparum: comparisons of geographically diverse isolates.

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Published in BMC Genomics on February 07, 2007

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Susan M Kraemer1, Sue A Kyes, Gautam Aggarwal, Amy L Springer, Siri O Nelson, Zoe Christodoulou, Leia M Smith, Wendy Wang, Emily Levin, Christopher I Newbold, Peter J Myler, Joseph D Smith

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1: Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, 307 Westlake Avenue North, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98109-5219, USA. sue.kraemer@sbri.org

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