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piggyBac is an effective tool for functional analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum genome

Bharath Balu, Chitra Chauhan, Steven P Maher, Douglas A Shoue, Jessica C Kissinger, Malcolm J Fraser and John H Adams*

BMC Microbiology 2009, 9:83 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-9-83

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Toward forward genetic screens in malaria-causing parasites using the piggyBac transposon

Brendan S Crabb, Tania F de Koning-Ward, Paul R Gilson BMC Biology 2011, 9:21 (31 March 2011)

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Q&A: Who is H. sapiens really, and how do we know?

Mason Liang, Rasmus Nielsen BMC Biology 2011, 9:20 (31 March 2011)

Modern sequencing technology has made it possible to scavenge the DNA of extinct hominin ancestors for evidence of interbreeding with Homo sapiens. Liang and Nielsen examine the evidence, what it tells us and how sure we can be