Compatibility between snails and schistosomes: insights from new genetic resources, comparative genomics, and genetic mapping

Lijing Bu; Daibin Zhong; Lijun Lu; Eric S. Loker; Guiyun Yan; Si-Ming Zhang

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03844-5

Communications Biology (Sep 2022)

Compatibility between snails and schistosomes: insights from new genetic resources, comparative genomics, and genetic mapping

Lijing Bu,
Daibin Zhong,
Lijun Lu,
Eric S. Loker,
Guiyun Yan,
Si-Ming Zhang

Affiliations

Lijing Bu: Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
Daibin Zhong: Program in Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of California
Lijun Lu: Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
Eric S. Loker: Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
Guiyun Yan: Program in Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of California
Si-Ming Zhang: Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03844-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Using newly developed genetic resources, comparative genomics, and genetic mapping, this study provides novel insights into schistosome resistance in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata, an important intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni, a causative agent of human schistosomiasis.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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