The malaria parasite generates genetic diversity using an evolutionary ‘copy-paste’ tactic

Plasmodium falciparum, a malaria parasite, uses gene conversion to produce genetic diversity in two surface protein genes targeted by the human immune system
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The Malaria parasite generates genetic diversity using an evolutionary ‘copy-paste’ tactic. Credit: Karen Arnott/EMBL-EBI, Isabel Romero Calvo/EMBL

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