Signatures of adaptation to plant parasitism in nematode genomes

Plant-parasitic nematodes cause considerable damage to global agriculture. The ability to parasitize plants is a derived character that appears to have independently emerged several times in the phylum Nematoda. Morphological convergence to feeding style has been observed, but whether this is emerge...

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Main Authors: BIRD, DAVID McK., JONES, JOHN T., OPPERMAN, CHARLES H., KIKUCHI, TAISEI, DANCHIN, ETIENNE G. J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4413825/