Scientists find malaria parasite takes its time within mosquito host to reap an evolutionary advantage - Phys.org
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The malaria parasite is a master of adaptation. To complete its life cycle, the parasite must be transmitted from a mosquito to a human and then back to a mosquito again. Over millions of years of evolution, it has adapted perfectly to these two hosts. But al…