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This month's Genome Watch highlights how genome analysis can provide insights into the adaptation of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax to human hosts.

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  1. Thomas Crellen and Stefano Iantorno are at the Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK.,
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Crellen, T., Iantorno, S. A switch in time.Nat Rev Microbiol 13, 190 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro3458

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