Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Mode and tempo of microsatellite length change in a malaria parasite mutation accumulation experiment
M. McDew-White, X. Li, S. C. Nkhoma…·T. J. C. Anderson
This study quantifies microsatellite mutation rates in malaria parasites, finding low rates influenced by repeat motif and array length, with most mutations involving multiple repeat changes.
DOI 10.1093/gbe/evz140