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Advantages of outcrossing in Plasmodium falciparum: insights from genetic crosses using fluorescent labelled parasites
Xue Li, JUTZELER Kathrin, Biley A. Abatiyow…·Sudhir Kumar
The paper investigates the fitness consequences of selfing and outcrossing in malaria parasites using fluorescent-labelled clones and finds an outcrossing advantage linked to faster sporozoite maturation and increased recombination.
DOI 10.1101/2025.07.18.665596