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The transcriptome of the invasive eel swimbladder nematode parasite Anguillicola crassus.
BMC genomics - 8 Feb 2013
Heitlinger Emanuel, Bridgett Stephen, Montazam Anna, Taraschewski Horst, Blaxter Mark
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BACKGROUND: Anguillicola crassus is an economically and ecologically important parasitic nematode of eels. The native range of A. crassus is in East Asia, where it infects Anguilla japonica, the Japanese eel. A. crassus was introduced into European eels, Anguilla anguilla, 30 years ago. The parasite is more pathogenic in its new host than in its native one, and is thought to threaten the endangered An. anguilla...
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