Genome Assemblies across the Diverse Evolutionary Spectrum of <i>Leishmania</i> Protozoan Parasites
Wesley C. Warren, Natalia S. Akopyants, Deborah E. Dobson, Christiane Hertz‐Fowler, Lon‐Fye Lye, Peter J. Myler, Gowthaman Ramasamy, Achchuthan Shanmugasundram, Fátima Silva-Franco, Sascha Steinbiss, Chad Tomlinson, Richard K. Wilson, Stephen M. Beverley
Abstract
We report the high-quality draft assemblies and gene annotations for 13 species and/or strains of the protozoan parasite genera Leishmania , Endotrypanum , and Crithidia , which span the phylogenetic diversity of the subfamily Leishmaniinae within the kinetoplastid order of the phylum Euglenazoa. These resources will support studies on the origins of parasitism.
Topics & Concepts
SubfamilyBiologyLeishmaniaProtozoan parasitePhylogenetic treeEvolutionary biologyParasitismPhylumGenomeTrypanosomaCrithidiaPhylogeneticsKinetoplastidaGeneZoologyGeneticsProtozoaParasite hostingHost (biology)Protozoal diseaseWorld Wide WebMalariaComputer scienceImmunologyResearch on Leishmaniasis StudiesTrypanosoma species research and implicationsInsect symbiosis and bacterial influences