The complex hybrid origins of the root knot nematodes revealed through comparative genomics
(2014)
Journal Article
Lunt, D. H., Kumar, S., Koutsovoulos, G., & Blaxter, M. L. (2014). The complex hybrid origins of the root knot nematodes revealed through comparative genomics. PeerJ, 2014(1), Article e356. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.356
Root knot nematodes (RKN) can infect most of the world’s agricultural crop species and are among the most important of all plant pathogens. As yet however we have little understanding of their origins or the genomic basis of their extreme polyphagy.... Read More about The complex hybrid origins of the root knot nematodes revealed through comparative genomics.