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The highly repetitive genome of Myxobolus sp., a myxozoan parasite of fathead minnows
2024-02-12
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<h4>Background: </h4> The Myxozoa is a group of at least 2,400 endoparasites within the phylum Cnidaria. All myxozoans have greatly reduced in size and morphology compared to free-living members of the phylum. They are best known for causing disease in economically important fish across the world; for example, Myxobolus cerebralis causes Whirling Disease, which can kill 90% of infected juvenile salmonid fish. In 2...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 9a8cf741-4b4c-52b4-8e8b-d820decec765
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.02.09.579586
