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Published online 3 October 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021001-4
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Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Secrets in the mosquito and parasite genomes explored.
Man is both essential vehicle and easy victim for the malaria injected by mosquitoes. But that may be about to change: "For the first time," says genome researcher Malcolm Gardner, "we have the genomes of the three organisms in this life cycle.
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