Genomic and transcriptomic evidence for descent from Plasmodium and loss of blood schizogony in Hepatocystis parasites from naturally infected red colobus monkeys
Eerik Aunin, Ulrike Böhme, Theo Sanderson, Noah D. Simons, Tony L. Goldberg, Nelson Ting, Colin A. Chapman, Chris Newbold, Matthew Berriman, Adam James Reid
The paper presents genomic and transcriptomic evidence showing Hepatocystis parasites are closely related to Plasmodium but lack blood replication and have lost genes involved in red blood cell invasion.
PLoS Pathogens · Aug 3, 2020Peer-reviewedGenomics