A highly conserved segmental duplication in the subtelomeres of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes varies in copy number

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Ribacke Ulf, Mok Bobo W, Sherwood Ellen, Wahlgren Mats
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2008
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Rif
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-7-46; https://doaj.org/article/9bcd982b88f4429092feb969a7cf8839

Abstract Background Segmental duplications (SD) have been found in genomes of various organisms, often accumulated at the ends of chromosomes. It has been assumed that the sequence homology in-between the SDs allow for ectopic interactions that may contribute to the emergence of new genes or gene va...