Highly rearranged mitochondrial genome in Nycteria parasites (Haemosporidia) from bats
Abstract
Understanding the evolutionary history of Haemosporidian parasites would help to understand human malaria evolution. Nevertheless, Haemosporidia parasite diversity in bats remains largely unstudied. In addition, some cases of unsuccessful PCR amplification of cytochrome b, the most widely used molecular marker to characterize Haemosporidia parasites, have recently been reported for Nycteria parasites infecting Nycteridae bats. Here we used next-generation sequencing to characterize mitochondrial genomes of parasites from the Nycteria genus. Our results have revealed an unsuspected mitochondrial genome rearrangement within Haemosporidia.
- Publication:
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
- Pub Date:
- August 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1073/pnas.1610643113
- Bibcode:
- 2016PNAS..113.9834K