Ascaris mitochondrial genome assembly
The genus Ascaris comprises a family of large parasitic roundworms, infecting over 700 million people globally and causing substantial economic losses in domestic swine. Ascaris species are morphologically indistinguishable and differ by <1% at the genetic level. Here we have assembled and studied the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) of Ascaris samples from three different continents (Africa, Asia and Europe).