Genomic variation during culture-adaptation of genetically complex Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates
A. Claessens, L. B. Stewart, E. Drury…·D. J. Conway
The paper analyzes genomic variation in Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates during culture adaptation, finding that some isolates fix to single genotypes while others retain diversity, with loss-of-function mutants emerging in multiple-genotype infections.