Caenorhabditis afra is a species of nematodes in the genus Caenorhabditis. This gonochoristic (male-female) species was isolated by Matthias Herrmann in Begoro, Ghana, Africa in 2007. Its genome is being sequenced at McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University School of Medicine.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Family: | Rhabditidae |
Genus: | Caenorhabditis |
Species: | C. afra
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Binomial name | |
Caenorhabditis afra Felix, Braendle & Cutter, 2014[1]
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C. afra groups in phylogenetic trees with C. elegans in the 'Elegans' supergroup.[1] This species groups more closely with C. imperialis in the 'Japonica' group, the sister clade to the 'Elegans' group.
References
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edit- Caenorhabditis afra at uniprot.org