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The genes that allow a parasitic worm to infect both rats and snails

From: “The genetic basis of adaptive evolution in parasitic environment from the Angiostrongylus cantonensis genome”, Xu L., Xu M. Xi S., Junyang X., Xin Z., Dai S., Dongjuan Y., Ping H., Weiming H., Yulan Y., Shiqi L., Xiaoying W., Zhongao W. et al (2019), PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 13:11 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007846 Parasites are, when you think …

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How do you put a number on what we haven’t discovered?

From: “Hidden in plain sight: what remains to be discovered in the eukaryotic proteome?” by V. Wood, A. Lock, M.A. Harris, K. Rutherford, J. Bähler and S.G. Oliver (2019), in Open Biology 9:2 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.180241 Proteins are the main movers in biochemistry. Genes code for proteins, and when the gene is expressed (activated), it produces its …

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