Population parameters underlying an ongoing soft sweep in southeast asian malaria parasites

• Main Authors: Timothy J.C. Anderson, Shalini Nair, Marina McDew-White, Ian H. Cheeseman, Standwell Nkhoma, Fatma Bilgic, Rose McGready, Elizabeth Ashley, Aung Pyae Phyo, Nicholas J. White, Francois Nosten
• Other Authors: Texas Biomedical Research Institute
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/41616
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2016 The Author. Multiple kelch13 alleles conferring artemisinin resistance (ART-R) are currently spreading through Southeast Asian malaria parasite populations, providing a unique opportunity to observe an ongoing soft selective sweep, investigate why resistance alleles have evolved multiple time...