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. 2020 Mar 23;30(6):R272-R274.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.088.

Genome Evolution: On the Road to Parasitism

Paula E Adams  1 , Louis T Bubrig  1 , Janna L Fierst  2
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Genome Evolution: On the Road to Parasitism

Paula E Adams et al. Curr Biol. .
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Roughly 1 billion people are infected with nematode parasites, but there is little understanding of the genomic changes that accompany the evolution of parasitism. A new study analyzes the genome of Caenorhabditis bovis, a nematode that may be evolving a parasitic lifestyle.

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