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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Plasmodium falciparum: Cloning by single-erythrocyte micromanipulation and heterogeneity in vitro
Experimental Parasitology, Volume 66, No. 1, Year 1988
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Description
Natural isolates of Plasmodium falciparum represent a genetically heterogeneous population of parasites. To obtain stable strains of the parasites for long term experiments, a rapid and definitive method of cloning was developed using micropipets and a micromanipulator. Homogeneous parasite clones prepared by this technique were characterized and compared with the parent isolates during 4 years of continuous culture. The process of phenotypic dominance and selection of drug resistance which occur in nature was also simulated in vitro by evaluating population dynamics of two cocultured isolates of P. falciparum. © 1988.
Authors & Co-Authors
Oduola, Ayoade M.J.
United States, Chapel Hill
School of Public Health
Desjardins, Robert E.
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 115
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0014-4894(88)90053-7
ISSN:
00144894
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study