First report of Strongylidae nematode from pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) by molecular analysis reveals the cosmopolitan distribution of the taxon
Witchuta Junsiri, Sk Injamamul Islam, Auyarat Thiptara, Autthaporn Jeenpun, Piyanan Sangkhapaitoon, Khunanont Thongcham, Rattanakorn Phakphien, Piyanan Taweethavonsawat · 2023
Read First report of Strongylidae nematode from pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) by molecular analysis reveals the cosmopolitan distribution of the taxon by Witchuta Junsiri, Sk Injamamul Islam, Auyarat Thiptara, Autthaporn Jeenpun, Piyanan Sangkhapaitoon, Khunanont Thongcham, Rattanakorn Phakphien, Piyanan Taweethavonsawat (2023) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-10755461.txt.
Description
Witchuta Junsiri and co-authors identify a parasitic worm from a stranded pilot whale in the Gulf of Thailand, and place it on the family tree. Strongylid nematodes are best known from horses and land mammals, so a whale host raises questions. The team read two stretches of the worm's DNA and compared them against global databases.
One gene gave only distant matches, closest to a horse parasite at low similarity, and its tree set the whale worm on a branch of its own. The second gene spoke clearly: about ninety-nine percent identity to Cylicocyclus insigne, a strongylid of horses. The authors conclude the taxon ranges far wider than thought, truly cosmopolitan, reaching even ocean mammals. The find asks how a land-flavored parasite makes its living at sea.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Witchuta Junsiri, Sk Injamamul Islam, Auyarat Thiptara, Autthaporn Jeenpun, Piyanan Sangkhapaitoon, Khunanont Thongcham, Rattanakorn Phakphien, Piyanan Taweethavonsawat |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |