Morphological and Genomic Characterisation of the Hybrid Schistosome Infecting Humans In Europe Reveals a Complex Admixture Between Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis Parasites.
Julien Kincaid-Smith, Alan Tracey, Ronaldo de Carvalho Augusto, Ingo Bulla, Nancy Holroyd, Anne Rognon, Olivier Rey, Cristian Chaparro, Ana Oleaga, Santiago Mas-Coma, Jean‐François Allienne, Christoph Grunau, Matthew Berriman, Jérôme Boissier, Ève Toulza
The paper characterizes a hybrid schistosome in Europe, revealing its genomic composition and compatibility with hosts, and improves the genome assembly of its parental species.
bioRxiv · Jan 3, 2019 · PreprintGenomics