BMC Evolutionary Biology

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Polymorphism at the apical membrane antigen 1 locus reflects the world population history of Plasmodium vivax

Priscila Grynberg1, Cor JF Fontes2, Austin L Hughes3* and Érika M Braga1

Author Affiliations

1 Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos 6627, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, (MG), Brazil

2 Departamento de Clínica Médica, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Avenida Fernando Corrêa, s/n°, 78060-900 Cuiabá (MT), Brazil

3 Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Coker Life Sciences Bldg., 700 Sumter St., Columbia, SC 29208, USA

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:123 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-123

Published: 29 April 2008

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Additional file 1:

List of the accession numbers of all sequences used in this study. The table lists the accession number of the sequences and the analyses in which each was used.

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Additional file 2:

PvAMA-1 domain I polymorphic sites in Brazilian isolates compared with previously reported sequences. The table displays the polymorphisms (amino acid and nucleotide position) of pvama-1 domain I found in Brazilian isolates and compares them with previously reported sequences.

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Additional file 3:

The nucleotide part represents the exclusive or particular features of Brazilian samples; the amino acid part represents the Brazilian haplotypes. This table illustrates the 27 haplotypes found in Brazilian samples, with amino acids residues and nucleotides positions.

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