Whole genome resequencing of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni reveals population history and effects of selection (2016)
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Crellen, T., Allan, F., David, S., Durrant, C., Huckvale, T., Holroyd, N., …Cotton, J. A. (2016). Whole genome resequencing of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni reveals population history and effects of selection. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep20954

Schistosoma mansoni is a parasitic fluke that infects millions of people in the developing world. This study presents the first application of population genomics to S. mansoni based on high-coverage resequencing data from 10 global isolates and an i... Read More about Whole genome resequencing of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni reveals population history and effects of selection.

Hybridization in parasites: consequences for adaptive evolution, pathogenesis and public health in a changing world
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King, K. C., Stelkens, R. B., Webster, J. P., Smith, D. F., & Brockhurst, M. A. (in press). Hybridization in parasites: consequences for adaptive evolution, pathogenesis and public health in a changing world. PLoS Pathogens, 11(6), e1005098. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005098