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

Lymphatic filariasis and loiasis are diseases caused by insect-borne filarial nematodes. Here, Suh et al. identify a retrotransposon that is present in the genomes of these nematodes and seven tropical bird lineages, indicating two waves of horizontal gene transfer around 17–25 million years ago.

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Main Authors: Alexander Suh, Christopher C. Witt, Juliana Menger, Keren R. Sadanandan, Lars Podsiadlowski, Michael Gerth, Anne Weigert, Jimmy A. McGuire, Joann Mudge, Scott V. Edwards, Frank E. Rheindt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11396

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