Endosymbiont DNA in Endobacteria-Free Filarial Nematodes Indicates Ancient Horizontal Genetic Transfer
- McNulty Samantha N.
- Foster Jeremy M.
- Mitreva Makedonka
- Dunning Hotopp Julie C.
- Martin John
- Fischer Kerstin
- Wu Bo
- Davis Paul J.
- Kumar Sanjay
- Brattig Norbert W.
- Slatko Barton E.
- Weil Gary J.
- Fischer Peter U.
DOIAbstract
free. hybridization showed that two of these pseudogene transcripts were specifically expressed in developing embryos and testes of both species. DNA may explain the ability of some filarial species to live and reproduce without the endosymbiont while other species cannot
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