Ancient Plasmodium genomes shed light on the history of human malaria

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 631; no. 8019; pp. 125 - 133
• Main Authors: Michel, Megan, Skourtanioti, Eirini, Pierini, Federica, Guevara, Evelyn K., Mötsch, Angela, Kocher, Arthur, Barquera, Rodrigo, Bianco, Raffaela A., Carlhoff, Selina, Coppola Bove, Lorenza, Freilich, Suzanne, Giffin, Karen, Hermes, Taylor, Hiß, Alina, Knolle, Florian, Nelson, Elizabeth A., Neumann, Gunnar U., Papac, Luka, Penske, Sandra, Rohrlach, Adam B., Salem, Nada, Semerau, Lena, Villalba-Mouco, Vanessa, Abadie, Isabelle, Aldenderfer, Mark, Beckett, Jessica F., Brown, Matthew, Campus, Franco G. R., Chenghwa, Tsang, Cruz Berrocal, María, Damašek, Ladislav, Duffett Carlson, Kellie Sara, Durand, Raphaël, Ernée, Michal, Fântăneanu, Cristinel, Frenzel, Hannah, García Atiénzar, Gabriel, Guillén, Sonia, Hsieh, Ellen, Karwowski, Maciej, Kelvin, David, Kelvin, Nikki, Khokhlov, Alexander, Kinaston, Rebecca L., Korolev, Arkadii, Krettek, Kim-Louise, Küßner, Mario, Lai, Luca, Look, Cory, Majander, Kerttu, Mandl, Kirsten, Mazzarello, Vittorio, McCormick, Michael, de Miguel Ibáñez, Patxuka, Murphy, Reg, Németh, Rita E., Nordqvist, Kerkko, Novotny, Friederike, Obenaus, Martin, Olmo-Enciso, Lauro, Onkamo, Päivi, Orschiedt, Jörg, Patrushev, Valerii, Peltola, Sanni, Romero, Alejandro, Rubino, Salvatore, Sajantila, Antti, Salazar-García, Domingo C., Serrano, Elena, Shaydullaev, Shapulat, Sias, Emanuela, Šlaus, Mario, Stančo, Ladislav, Swanston, Treena, Teschler-Nicola, Maria, Valentin, Frederique, Van de Vijver, Katrien, Varney, Tamara L., Vigil-Escalera Guirado, Alfonso, Waters, Christopher K., Weiss-Krejci, Estella, Winter, Eduard, Lamnidis, Thiseas C., Prüfer, Kay, Nägele, Kathrin, Spyrou, Maria, Schiffels, Stephan, Stockhammer, Philipp W., Haak, Wolfgang, Posth, Cosimo, Warinner, Christina, Bos, Kirsten I., Herbig, Alexander, Krause, Johannes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 04.07.2024; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 45/22; 45/23; 631/181/19/2471; 631/181/457; 631/181/757; 631/208/212; 631/326/421; Blood parasites; Congenital diseases; Epidemiology; Genomes; Genomic analysis; Hematology; High altitude; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hypotheses; Infections; Life Sciences; Malaria; Mobility; multidisciplinary; Parasite resistance; Parasites; Pathogens; Plasmodium; Protozoa; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Vector-borne diseases; Papua New Guinea

Malaria-causing protozoa of the genus Plasmodium have exerted one of the strongest selective pressures on the human genome, and resistance alleles provide biomolecular footprints that outline the historical reach of these species 1 . Nevertheless, debate persists over when and how malaria parasites...