De Novo Mutations Resolve Disease Transmission Pathways in Clonal Malaria
Redmond SN, MacInnis BM, Bopp S, Bei AK, Ndiaye D, Hartl DL, Wirth DF, Volkman SK, Neafsey DE. De Novo Mutations Resolve Disease Transmission Pathways in Clonal Malaria. Molecular Biology And Evolution 2018, 35: 1678-1689. PMID: 29722884, PMCID: PMC5995194, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msy059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDe novo mutationsEvolutionary ratesSlow evolutionary rateNovo mutationsComplex life cycleSlow generation timeLow-complexity regionsGenomic regionsLarge genomesGenomic epidemiology approachReintroduction scenariosCombination of sequencingP. falciparumViral speciesMutation rateClonal lineagesGenomeMutation studiesLibrary preparationIdentical parasitesGeneration timeBacterial pathogensMalaria parasitesMutationsGenomic epidemiology