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Purifying selection leads to low protein diversity of the mitochondrial cyt b gene in avian malaria parasites

BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial respiration plays a central role in the survival of many eukaryotes, including apicomplexan parasites. A 479-bp fragment from the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene is widely used as a barcode to identify genetic lineages of avian malaria parasites Plasmodium and related haemo...

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Autores principales: Wang, Xinyi, Bensch, Staffan, Huang, Xi, Dong, Lu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10494422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37691101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-023-02155-5