Department of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA.
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Trends Parasitol. 2022 Jul;38(7):496-497. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2022.04.005. Epub 2022 May 1.
Understanding the genetic underpinnings of schistosome host preferences is critical. Luo et al. recently identified genes associated with intermediate and definitive host-switching based on a new chromosome-level genome for Schistosoma japonicum, population genetic comparisons, and follow-up experiments. This represents a guide to fully map-selected schistosome genes using population genetics.
了解血吸虫宿主偏好的遗传基础至关重要。罗等人最近基于日本血吸虫的新染色体水平基因组、群体遗传比较和后续实验,确定了与中间宿主和终宿主转换相关的基因。这代表了使用群体遗传学全面绘制选定血吸虫基因图谱的指南。