Waters A P, Higgins D G, McCutchan T F
Department of Parasitology, University of Leiden, Postbus 9605, 2300RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
Parasitol Today. 1993 Jul;9(7):246-50. doi: 10.1016/0169-4758(93)90066-o.
Phylogenetic analyses allow an inference of the origins and evolutionary relationships between organisms. Andy Waters, Des Higgins and Tom McCutchan here discuss the benefits of an accurate understanding of these origins and relationships for malaria parasites to the modern fields of vaccine development, pathology and epidemiology.
系统发育分析有助于推断生物体之间的起源和进化关系。安迪·沃特斯、德斯·希金斯和汤姆·麦卡琴在此讨论准确理解这些起源和关系对疟原虫在现代疫苗研发、病理学和流行病学领域的益处。