Surprising variation in the outcome of two malaria genetic crosses using humanized mice: implications for genetic mapping and malaria biology
Katrina A. Button-Simons, Sudhir Kumar, Nelly Carmago, Meseret T. Haile, Catherine Jett, Lisa A. Checkley, Spencer Y. Kennedy, Richard S. Pinapati, Douglas A. Shoue, Marina McDew‐White, Xue Li, François Henry Nosten, Stefan H. I. Kappe, Timothy J. C. Anderson, Jeanne Romero‐Severson, , Ian H. Cheeseman
The paper reports two new genetic crosses of Plasmodium falciparum in humanized mice, showing significant variation in marker segregation and demonstrating improved power for genetic mapping of malaria traits.
bioRxiv · Dec 13, 2019 · PreprintGenetics