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Whole genome analysis of a schistosomiasis-transmitting freshwater snail

  • Coen M. Adema
  • , La Deana W. Hillier
  • , Catherine S. Jones
  • , Eric S. Loker
  • , Matty Knight
  • , Patrick Minx
  • , Guilherme Oliveira
  • , Nithya Raghavan
  • , Andrew Shedlock
  • , Laurence Rodrigues Do Amaral
  • , Halime D. Arican-Goktas
  • , Juliana G. Assis
  • , Elio Hideo Baba
  • , Olga L. Baron
  • , Christopher J. Bayne
  • , Utibe Bickham-Wright
  • , Kyle K. Biggar
  • , Michael Blouin
  • , Bryony C. Bonning
  • , Chris Botka
  • Joanna M. Bridger, Katherine M. Buckley, Sarah K. Buddenborg, Roberta Lima Caldeira, Julia Carleton, Omar S. Carvalho, Maria G. Castillo, Iain W. Chalmers, Mikkel Christensens, Sandra Clifton, Celine Cosseau, Christine Coustau, Richard M. Cripps, Yesid Cuesta-Astroz, Scott F. Cummins, Leon DI Stephano, Nathalie DInguirard, David Duval, Scott Emrich, Cédric Feschotte, Rene Feyereisen, Peter Fitzgerald, Catrina Fronick, Lucinda Fulton, Richard Galinier, Sandra G. Gava, Michael Geusz, Kathrin K. Geyer, Gloria I. Giraldo-Calderón, Matheus De Souza Gomes, Michelle A. Gordy, Benjamin Gourbal, Christoph Grunau, Patrick C. Hanington, Karl F. Hoffmann, Daniel Hughes, Judith Humphries, Daniel J. Jackson, Liana K. Jannotti-Passos, Wander De Jesus Jeremias, Susan Jobling, Bishoy Kamel, Aurélie Kapusta, Satwant Kaur, Joris M. Koene, Andrea B. Kohn, Dan Lawson, Scott P. Lawton, Di Liang, Yanin Limpanont, Sijun Liu, Anne E. Lockyer, Ty Anna L. Lovato, Fernanda Ludolf, Vince Magrini, Donald P. McManus, Monica Medina, Milind Misra, Guillaume Mitta, Gerald M. Mkoji, Michael J. Montague, Cesar Montelongo, Leonid L. Moroz, Monica C. Munoz-Torres, Umar Niazi, Leslie R. Noble, Francislon S. Oliveira, Fabiano S. Pais, Anthony T. Papenfuss, Rob Peace, Janeth J. Pena, Emmanuel A. Pila, Titouan Quelais, Brian J. Raney, Jonathan P. Rast, David Rollinson, Izinara C. Rosse, Bronwyn Rotgans, Edwin J. Routledge, Kathryn M. Ryan, Larissa L.S. Scholte, Kenneth B. Storey, Martin Swain, Jacob A. Tennessen, Chad Tomlinson, Damian L. Trujillo, Emanuela V. Volpi, Anthony J. Walker, Tianfang Wang, Ittiprasert Wannaporn, Wesley C. Warren, Xiao Jun Wu, Timothy P. Yoshino, Mohammed Yusuf, Si Ming Zhang, Min Zhao, Richard K. Wilson
    • University of New Mexico
    • Washington University St. Louis
    • University of Aberdeen
    • George Washington University
    • University of the District of Columbia
    • Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
    • Instituto Tecnológico Vale
    • Medical University of South Carolina
    • Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
    • Brunel University London
    • CNRS
    • Oregon State University
    • University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • Carleton University
    • Iowa State University
    • Harvard University
    • University of Toronto
    • University of Utah
    • New Mexico State University
    • Aberystwyth University
    • European Molecular Biology Laboratory
    • Université de Perpignan
    • University of the Sunshine Coast
    • Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
    • Peter Maccallum Cancer Centre
    • University of Notre Dame
    • University of Copenhagen
    • National Institutes of Health
    • Bowling Green State University
    • University of Alberta
    • Lawrence University
    • University of Göttingen
    • Pennsylvania State University
    • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
    • University of Florida
    • Kingston University
    • Queensland Institute of Medical Research
    • Kenya Medical Research Institute
    • University of Pennsylvania
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • University of California at Santa Cruz
    • The Natural History Museum, London
    • University of Westminster
    • University College London
    • Rutherford Appelton Laboratory

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    Abstract

    Biomphalaria snails are instrumental in transmission of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni. With the World Health Organization's goal to eliminate schistosomiasis as a global health problem by 2025, there is now renewed emphasis on snail control. Here, we characterize the genome of Biomphalaria glabrata, a lophotrochozoan protostome, and provide timely and important information on snail biology. We describe aspects of phero-perception, stress responses, immune function and regulation of gene expression that support the persistence of B. glabrata in the field and may define this species as a suitable snail host for S. mansoni. We identify several potential targets for developing novel control measures aimed at reducing snail-mediated transmission of schistosomiasis.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalNature Communications
    Volume8
    Issue number15451
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 16 May 2017

    Bibliographical note

    Note: Sequence characterization of the Biomphalaria glabrata genome was funded by NIH-NHGRI grant HG003079 to R.K.W., McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine.

    Keywords

    • Biological sciences

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