Bacteria influence eukaryotic biology as parasitic, commensal or beneficial symbionts. Aside
from these organismal interactions, bacteria have also been important sources of new …

Nematodes are abundant and diverse, and include many parasitic species. Molecular
phylogenetic analyses have shown that parasitism of plants and animals has arisen at least …

Animal genomes show networks of deeply conserved gene linkages whose phylogenetic
scope and chromosomal context remain unclear. Here, we report chromosome-scale …

Parasitic nematodes (roundworms) and platyhelminths (flatworms) cause debilitating
chronic infections of humans and animals, decimate crop production and are a major …

It is now well accepted that the gut microbiota contributes to our health. However, what
determines the microbiota composition is still unclear. Whereas it might be expected that the …

In an analysis of 31,717 cancer cases and 26,136 cancer-free controls from 13 genome-
wide association studies, we observed large chromosomal abnormalities in a subset of …

Peptide hormones and their receptors are widespread in metazoans, but the knowledge we
have of their evolutionary relationships remains unclear. Recently, accumulating genome …

Background The small ruminant parasite Haemonchus contortus is the most widely used
parasitic nematode in drug discovery, vaccine development and anthelmintic resistance …

We detected clonal mosaicism for large chromosomal anomalies (duplications, deletions
and uniparental disomy) using SNP microarray data from over 50,000 subjects recruited for …

Nematodes are a crucial component of rhizosphere biodiversity, affecting plant health as the
most abundant and functionally diverse soil animals. Plant-parasitic nematodes are …