Draft Genome Sequence of Plasmodium gonderi, a Malaria Parasite of African Old World Monkeys
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Plasmodium gonderi is a primate parasite whose natural host is the African Old World monkeys. Here, we report the draft genome sequence for P. gonderi The data are useful not only for understanding the evolution of malaria but also for allowing the comparative genomics of malaria parasites.
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