Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10882971 | Mitochondrion | 2013 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The geographical distribution of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the mitochondrial genome of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum was investigated. We identified 88 SNPs in 516 isolates from seven parasite populations in Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania. Analysis of the SNPs postulated a sub-Saharan African origin and recovered a strong negative correlation between within-population SNP diversity and geographic distance from the putative African origin over Southeast Asia and Oceania. These results are consistent with those previously obtained for nuclear genome-encoded housekeeping genes, indicating that the pattern of inheritance does not substantially affect the geographical distribution of SNPs.
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Authors
Kazuyuki Tanabe, Thibaut Jombart, Shun Horibe, Nirianne M.Q. Palacpac, Hajime Honma, Shin-Ichiro Tachibana, Masatoshi Nakamura, Toshihiro Horii, Hirohisa Kishino, Toshihiro Mita,