Molecular evidence of hybridization between pig and human Ascaris indicates an interbred species complex infecting humans

Molecular evidence of hybridization between pig and human Ascaris indicates an interbred species complex infecting humans

Human ascariasis is a major neglected tropical disease caused by the nematode Ascaris lumbricoides. We report a 296 megabase (Mb) reference-quality genome comprised of 17,902 protein-coding genes derived from a single, representative Ascaris worm. An additional 68 worms were collected from 60 human...

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Main Authors: Alice Easton, Shenghan Gao, Scott P Lawton, Sasisekhar Bennuru, Asis Khan, Eric Dahlstrom, Rita G Oliveira, Stella Kepha, Stephen F Porcella, Joanne Webster, Roy Anderson, Michael E Grigg, Richard E Davis, Jianbin Wang, Thomas B Nutman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-11-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
Ascaris lumbricoides
Ascaris suum
reference genome
Phylogenetics
species complex
zoonoses
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/61562

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