New high-quality genome of a platyhelminth parasite: Comparative genomics of three species of the genus Echinococcus

MALDONADO, L.; ASSIS J.; GOMES ARAÚJO, FLAVIO; MACCHIAROLI, N.; CUCHER, M.; ROSENZVIT, M.; OLIVEIRA, G.; KAMENETZKY, L.

Congreso; VI Congreso Argentino de Bioinformática y Biología Computacional organizado por la AB2C2; 2015

&nb<span class="keyword">sspan>p;Echinococcu<span class="keyword">sspan> canaden<span class="keyword">sspan>i<span class="keyword">sspan> i<span class="keyword">sspan> a platyhelminth para<span class="keyword">sspan>ite which keep<span class="keyword">sspan> clo<span class="keyword">sspan>e phylogenetic relation<span class="keyword">sspan>hip with Echinococcu<span class="keyword">sspan> granulo<span class="keyword">sspan>u<span class="keyword">sspan> and Echinococcu<span class="keyword">sspan> multiloculari<span class="keyword">sspan> member<span class="keyword">sspan> of the cla<span class="keyword">sspan><span class="keyword">sspan> Ce<span class="keyword">sspan>toda that are involved in hydatid infection<span class="keyword">sspan> of human<span class="keyword">sspan> and animal<span class="keyword">sspan>. In South America <span class="keyword">sspan>even <span class="keyword">sspan>pecie<span class="keyword">sspan> of Echinococcu<span class="keyword">sspan> have been reported E. granulo<span class="keyword">sspan>u<span class="keyword">sspan> <span class="keyword">sspan>.<span class="keyword">sspan>. (G1 and G2 genotype<span class="keyword">sspan>), E. canaden<span class="keyword">sspan>i<span class="keyword">sspan> (G6 and G7 genotype<span class="keyword">sspan>), E. ortleppi E. vogeli, and E. oligartu<span class="keyword">sspan>. Only limited genetic information of E. canaden<span class="keyword">sspan>i<span class="keyword">sspan> G7 wa<span class="keyword">sspan> reported <span class="keyword">sspan>o far. Therefore the aim of thi<span class="keyword">sspan> thi<span class="keyword">sspan> work i<span class="keyword">sspan> to <span class="keyword">sspan>equence the genome of thi<span class="keyword">sspan> <span class="keyword">sspan>pecie<span class="keyword">sspan> and comparing the obtained data with genome<span class="keyword">sspan> data of E. multiloculari<span class="keyword">sspan> and E. granulo<span class="keyword">sspan>u<span class="keyword">sspan> G1.