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News Release 10-117
Setting a Molecular Clock for Malaria Parasites
Evolutionary timeline determined for malaria parasites in mammals, birds, reptiles
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![Photo showing red blood cells infected with malaria parasites (cell nucleus in blue).](/news/mmg/media/images/malaria1_f.jpg)
Malaria parasites inside: red blood cells infected with malaria parasites (cell nucleus in blue).
Credit: Biomedical Primate Research Centre/Netherlands
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![Photo of malaria parasite within a human red blood cell.](/news/mmg/media/images/malaria2_f.jpg)
Malaria parasite within a human red blood cell: where the disease begins.
Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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![Illustration showing how malaria starts with a bite of an infected mosquito and is passed along.](/news/mmg/media/images/malaria3_f.jpg)
Malaria in humans starts with the bite of a mosquito infected with a malaria-carrying parasite.
Credit: National Institutes of Health
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![An 1800s sketch of the malaria parasite by the French doctor Alphonse Laveran.](/news/mmg/media/images/malaria4_f1.jpg)
An 1800s sketch by Alphonse Laveran, the French doctor who identified the malaria parasite.
Credit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control
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![Cover of the July 9, 2010 issue of the journal Science.](/news/mmg/media/images/science_070910_f3.jpg)
The researchers' findings are described in the July 9, 2010 issue of the journal Science.
Credit: AAAS Copyright 2010
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