Genome Evolution: On the Road to Parasitism

Paula E Adams; Louis T Bubrig; Janna L Fierst

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.088

Genome Evolution: On the Road to Parasitism

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

Authors

Paula E Adams¹, Louis T Bubrig¹, Janna L Fierst²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
² Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA. Electronic address: janna.l.fierst@ua.edu.

PMID: 32208152
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.088

Abstract

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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MeSH terms

Animals
Caenorhabditis*
Genome
Genomics
Humans
Parasites* / genetics
Symbiosis