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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Nature Portfolio
2016
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/361cc8dcc0ae4a3ca42f1bf9dcd9338d |
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