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1987 • 59,130 citations

A simple method for estimating evolutionary rates of base substitutions through comparative studies of nucleotide sequences

1980 • 28,067 citations

CLUSTAL: a package for performing multiple sequence alignment on a microcomputer

1988 • 3,446 citations

The Epidemiology and Control of Malaria

1960 • 1,308 citations

Fast and sensitive multiple sequence alignments on a microcomputer

1989 • 1,245 citations

Compilation of small ribosomal subunit RNA sequences

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1984 • 170 citations

Primary sequences of two small subunit ribosomal RNA genes from Plasmodium falciparum

1988 • 165 citations

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1984 • 161 citations

RAPID, SENSITIVE DIAGNOSIS OF MALARIA BASED ON RIBOSOMAL RNA

1989 • 114 citations

A statistical test of phylogenies estimated from sequence data.

1989 • 107 citations

Length variation in eukaryotic rRNAs: small subunit rRNAs from the protists Acanthamoeba castellanii and Euglena gracilis

1986 • 88 citations

Sequence of the Small Subunit Ribosomal RNA Gene Expressed in the Bloodstream Stages of Plasmodium berghei: Evolutionary Implications¹

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Partial sequence of the asexually expressed SU rRNA gene ofPlasmdium vivax

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The Adaptation of the Avian Malaria Parasite Plasmodium Lophurae to a Continuous Existence in Infant Mice

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