Molecular diagnostics for gastrointestinal helminths in equids: Past, present and future

A Ghafar, G Abbas, A Beasley, J Bauquier… - Veterinary …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review is aimed to (i) appraise the literature on the use of molecular techniques for the
detection, quantification and differentiation of gastrointestinal helminths (GIH) of equids,(ii) …

How to be a fig nematode

J Van Goor, N Kanzaki, G Woodruff - Acta Oecologica, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Fig (Moraceae: Ficus) species host vast communities of organisms that are bound
together by complicated ecological networks that have influenced community structure and …

Unzipped genome assemblies of polyploid root-knot nematodes reveal unusual and clade-specific telomeric repeats

APZ Mota, GD Koutsovoulos… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Using long-read sequencing, we assembled and unzipped the polyploid genomes of
Meloidogyne incognita, M. javanica and M. arenaria, three of the most devastating plant …

DNA polymerase diversity reveals multiple incursions of Polintons during nematode evolution

DE Jeong, S Sundrani, RN Hall… - Molecular Biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Polintons are double-stranded DNA, virus-like self-synthesizing transposons widely found in
eukaryotic genomes. Recent metagenomic discoveries of Polinton-like viruses are …

Co-opted genes of algal origin protect C. elegans against cyanogenic toxins

B Wang, T Pandey, Y Long, SE Delgado-Rodriguez… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Amygdalin is a cyanogenic glycoside enriched in the tissues of many edible plants,
including seeds of stone fruits such as cherry (Prunus avium), peach (Prunus persica), and …

Single-worm long-read sequencing reveals genome diversity in free-living nematodes

YC Lee, HM Ke, YC Liu, HH Lee, MC Wang… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Obtaining sufficient genetic material from a limited biological source is currently the primary
operational bottleneck in studies investigating biodiversity and genome evolution. In this …

Twenty years after De Ley and Blaxter—how far did we progress in understanding the phylogeny of the phylum Nematoda?

M Ahmed, O Holovachov - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary New technological advancements often radically change our views on the
world. Sequencing of DNA and use of it to reconstruct the evolution of organisms was an …

Genome Size Changes by Duplication, Divergence, and Insertion in Caenorhabditis Worms

PE Adams, VK Eggers, JD Millwood… - Molecular Biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Genome size has been measurable since the 1940s but we still do not understand genome
size variation. Caenorhabditis nematodes show strong conservation of chromosome number …

Pellioditis pelhamensis n. sp.(Nematoda: Rhabditidae) and Pellioditis pellio (Schneider, 1866), earthworm associates from different subclades within Pellioditis (syn …

I Tandingan De Ley, K Kiontke, W Bert, W Sudhaus… - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Recently, much attention has been focused on a group of rhabditid nematodes called
Phasmarhabditis, a junior synonym of Pellioditis, as a promising source of biocontrol agents …

Assessing morphological preservation of gastrointestinal parasites from fecal samples of wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus imitator) stored in ethanol versus formalin

JK Hass, MC Henriquez, J Churcher, H Hamou… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The copromicroscopic identification of gastrointestinal parasites is a common, cost-effective
method vital to understanding host-parasite interactions. However, its efficacy depends on …