A massive study of expressed-sequence tags from both free-living and parasitic nematodes identifies tens of thousands of genes not present in Caenorhabditis elegans. Half of these are unique to nematodes and should provide new insights into the lifestyles of parasitic nematodes.
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Blumenthal, T., Davis, R. Exploring nematode diversity. Nat Genet 36, 1246–1247 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1204-1246
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