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Molecular mechanisms underlying hematophagia revealed by comparative analyses of leech genomes

BACKGROUND: Leeches have been used in traditional Chinese medicine since prehistoric times to treat a spectrum of ailments, but very little is known about their physiological, genetic, and evolutionary characteristics. FINDINGS: We sequenced and assembled chromosome-level genomes of 3 leech species...

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Autores principales: Zheng, Jinghui, Wang, Xiaobo, Feng, Tong, Rehman, Saif ur, Yan, Xiuying, Shan, Huiquan, Ma, Xiaocong, Zhou, Weiguan, Xu, Wenhua, Lu, Liying, Liu, Jiasheng, Luo, Xier, Cui, Kuiqing, Qin, Chaobin, Chen, Weihua, Yu, Jun, Li, Zhipeng, Ruan, Jue, Liu, Qingyou
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10087013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37039117
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giad023