Population genomics reveals an ancient origin of heartworms in canids

Heartworms (Dirofilaria immitis) are parasitic nematodes that cause significant cardiopulmonary-associated morbidity and mortality in canids worldwide. The global spread of heartworms is believed to have occurred alongside the dispersal of modern domesticated dogs over the past few hundred years. Ho...

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Main Authors:	Power, Rosemonde I., Abdullah, Swaid, Walden, Heather S., Verocai, Guilherme G., Sanders, Tiana L., Luksovsky, Joe L., Moorhead, Andrew R., Dzimianski, Michael T., Foster, Jeremy M., Michalski, Michelle L., Rojas, Alicia, Chacón, Samuel C., Deak, Georgiana, Mihalca, Andrei D., Danesi, Patrizia, Papadopoulos, Elias, Taweethavonsawat, Piyanan, Thi Bui, Dung, Do Ngoc, Anh, Sharma, Reuben S.K., Ho, Simon Y.W., Doyle, Stephen R., Šlapeta, Jan
Format:	Article
Language:	en
Published:	Nature Research 2026
Subjects:	Medicine (miscellaneous) Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/123110/1/123110.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/123110/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-09250-x?error=cookies_not_supported&code=e6cd3333-219f-436d-942f-8ee883e5bc75
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