Dioctophyme renale genome proyect
Dioctophyme renale, the giant kidney worm, is one of the largest parasitic nematodes of vertebrates described so far. It develops in, and completely destroys mammalian kidneys, and is thereby a debilitating and potentially lethal parasite of humans, domestic animals and endangered wildlife. D. renale has an indirect life cycle with an annelid as an intermediate host. This is a foundational project that will underpin future work on an emerging pathogen: the sequencing and analysis of the D. renale genome and transcriptome. The genome of this parasite provide valuable information concerning its  phylogeny, gene diversity  and gene expression regulation