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Schistosomes go single cell

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This Genome Watch article highlights how single-cell sequencing has transformed the approaches to understand schistosome developmental biology.

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  1. Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK

    Gabriel Rinaldi, Teresa Attenborough, Kate A. Rawlinson & Matt Berriman

  2. Department of Life Sciences, Edward Llwyd Building, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK

    Gabriel Rinaldi

  3. Bay Paul Centre, Marine Biological Laboratory, Falmouth, MA, USA

    Kate A. Rawlinson

  4. Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology, School of Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

    Matt Berriman

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Rinaldi, G., Attenborough, T., Rawlinson, K.A. et al. Schistosomes go single cell. Nat Rev Microbiol 20, 705 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-022-00810-0

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