Tsetse flies are the sole vectors of human African trypanosomiasis throughout sub-Saharan
Africa. Both sexes of adult tsetse feed exclusively on blood and contribute to disease …

The protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium is an important cause of diarrheal disease (cryptosporidiosis)
in humans and animals, with significant morbidity and mortality especially in …

Genome projects now produce draft assemblies within weeks owing to advanced high-throughput
sequencing technologies. For milestone projects such as Escherichia coli or Homo …

Snake venom has been hypothesized to have originated and diversified through a process
that involves duplication of genes encoding body proteins with subsequent recruitment of the …

Background Penetration of skin, migration through tissues and establishment of long-lived
intravascular partners require Schistosoma parasites to successfully manipulate definitive …

Background Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) is a versatile forage crop legume, which can
tolerate a variety of soils and is suitable for silage production for winter feed and for grazing. …

Bacterial predation is a ubiquitous and fundamental biological process, which influences the
community composition of microbial ecosystems. Among the best characterised bacterial …

Most recent initiatives to sequence and assemble new species’ genomes de novo fail to
achieve the ultimate endpoint to produce contigs, each representing one whole chromosome. …

Human cryptosporidiosis is the leading protozoan cause of diarrhoeal mortality worldwide,
and a preponderance of infections is caused by Cryptosporidium hominis and C. parvum. …

Background Tsetse flies (Glossina sp.) are the vectors of human and animal trypanosomiasis
throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Tsetse flies are distinguished from other Diptera by unique …