Ancient horizontal transfers of retrotransposons between birds and ancestors of human pathogenic nematodes

Ancient horizontal transfers of retrotransposons between birds and ancestors of human pathogenic nematodes

Parasite host switches may trigger disease emergence, but prehistoric host ranges are often unknowable. Lymphatic filariasis and loiasis are major human diseases caused by the insect-borne filarial nematodes Brugia, Wuchereria and Loa. Here we show that the genomes of these nematodes and seven tropi...

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Main Authors: Suh, Alexander, Witt, Christopher C., Menger, Juliana, Sadanandan, Keren R., Podsiadlowski, Lars, Gerth, Michael, Weigert, Anne, McGuire, Jimmy A., Mudge, Joann, Edwards, Scott V., Rheindt, Frank E.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4844689/

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