Despite extensive efforts over the last few decades, the global disease burden of schistosomiasis still remains unacceptably high. This could partly be attributed to the lack of …
DV Lavrov, W Pett - Genome biology and evolution, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Animal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is commonly described as a small, circular molecule that is conserved in size, gene content, and organization. Data collected in the last decade …
Schistosomes are digenean flukes, parasitic of birds, mammals and crocodiles. The family Schistosomatidae contains species of considerable medical and veterinary importance …
EA Herniou, T Luque, X Chen, JM Vlak… - Journal of …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
Several phylogenetic methods based on whole genome sequence data were evaluated using data from nine complete baculovirus genomes. The utility of three independent …
JD Ogedengbe, RH Hanner, JR Barta - International journal for …, 2011 - Elsevier
Partial (∼ 780 bp) mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and near complete nuclear 18S rDNA (∼ 1,780 bp) sequences were directly compared to assess their relative …
JL Boore, JR Macey, M Medina - Methods in enzymology, 2005 - Elsevier
Comparing complete animal mitochondrial genome sequences is becoming increasingly common for phylogenetic reconstruction and as a model for genome evolution. Not only are …
M Nakao, A Lavikainen, T Iwaki, V Haukisalmi… - International Journal for …, 2013 - Elsevier
The cestode family Taeniidae generally consists of two valid genera, Taenia and Echinococcus. The genus Echinococcus is monophyletic due to a remarkable similarity in …
Mitochondrial gene rearrangements are the latest tool in the arsenal of phylogeneticists for investigating historical relationships. They are complex molecular characters that may …
R Shao, SC Barker - Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2003 - academic.oup.com
To help understand the mechanisms of gene rearrangement in the mitochondrial (mt) genomes of hemipteroid insects, we sequenced the mt genome of the plague thrips, Thrips …