Plasmodium_gallinaceum_genome_sequencing. Plasmodium_gallinaceum_genome_sequencing

Plasmodium gallinaceum is an avian parasite most commonly used to investigate vector transmission in Aedes mosquitoes. Illumina sequencing of Plasmodium gallinaceum 8A strain is being carried out for de novo assembly and comparative genomics in collaboration with Dr. J. Vinetz (UCSD). This data is part of a pre-publication release. For information on the proper use of pre-publication data shared by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (including details of any publication moratoria), please see http://www.sanger.ac.uk/datasharing/