Frequent recombination events generate diversity within the multi-copy variant antigen gene families of Plasmodium falciparum
- 31 August 2008
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in International Journal for Parasitology
- Vol. 38 (10), 1099-1109
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.01.010
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