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Published October 2008 | public
Journal Article

Pristionchus pacificus: an appropriate fondness for beetles

Abstract

The nematode Pristionchus pacificus associates with one particular beetle and eats its rotting corpse. The report of the genome sequence of P. pacificus, the fifth nematode to be sequenced and a useful secondary nematode genetic model system, highlights genes that may have influenced the route to parasitism.

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© 2008 Nature Publishing Group.

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