The Genome of Setaria digitata: A Cattle Nematode Closely Related to Human Filarial Parasites

摘要

Here we present the draft genome sequence of , a parasitic nematode affecting cattle. Due to its similarity to , the parasitic nematode that causes lymphatic filariasis in humans, has been used as a model organism at the genomic level to find drug targets which can be used for the development of novel drugs and/or vaccines for human filariasis. causes cerebrospinal nematodiasis in goats, sheep, and horses posing a serious threat to livestock in developing countries. The genome sequence of will assist in finding candidate genes to use as drug targets in both and . The assembled draft genome is ∼90 Mb long and contains 8,974 genomic scaffolds with a G+C content of 31.73%.