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Human-specific evolution of sialic acid targets: Explaining the malignant malaria mystery?

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: Microbial communities are found throughout the biosphere, from human guts to glaciers, from soil to activated sludge. Understanding the statistical properties of such diverse communities can pave the way to elucidate the common mechanisms ...Multiple ecological forces act together to shape the composition of microbial communities. Phyloecology approaches—which combine phylogenetic relationships between species with community ecology—have the potential to disentangle such forces but are often ...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908196106

Authors: Ajit Varki, Pascal Gagneux

Institutions: University of California San Diego, Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny

Language: English

Topic: Malaria Research and Control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2144119406

FWCI: 5.423

Cites: 15

Cited by: 62

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