An improved genome assembly of the fluke Schistosoma japonicum.

• Main Authors: Fang Luo (Author), Mingbo Yin (Author), Xiaojin Mo (Author), Chengsong Sun (Author), Qunfeng Wu (Author), Bingkuan Zhu (Author), Manyu Xiang (Author), Jipeng Wang (Author), Yi Wang (Author), Jian Li (Author), Ting Zhang (Author), Bin Xu (Author), Huajun Zheng (Author), Zheng Feng (Author), Wei Hu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Schistosoma japonicum is a parasitic flatworm that causes human schistosomiasis, which is a significant cause of morbidity in China and the Philippines. A single draft genome was available for S. japonicum, yet this assembly is very fragmented and only covers 90% of th...