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The genomes of Onchocerca volvulus.
International journal for parasitology - 10 Apr 2000
Unnasch T R, Williams S A
Abstract excerpt
Onchocerca volvulus, the filarial parasite that causes onchocerciasis or river blindness, contains three distinct genomes. These include the nuclear genome, the mitochondrial genome and the genome of an intracellular endosymbiont of the genus Wolbachia. The nuclear genome is roughly 1.5x10(8) bp in size, and is arranged on four chromosome pairs. Analysis of expressed sequence tags from different life-cycle stages...
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