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Sixty-four ESTs had significant homology to the putative fatty-acid-binding protein Sec-2, confirming the abundant expression of this gene reported in L2 cDNA libraries from M. incognita [ 29 ] and the cyst nematodes G. rostochiensis and G. pallida cDNA [ 30 ] . Sec-2 is secreted by plant-parasitic nematodes at relatively high levels [ 34 ] . Several abundantly expressed genes are also horizontal gene transfer candidates (see below).
The traditional view is that arthropods are more closely related to annelids than to nematodes, but some recent molecular phylogenies place nematodes and arthropods together in a high-level taxon named Ecdysozoa, which does not include annelids [ 24 25 ] . Other molecular studies give conflicting results [ 26 27 ] . Regardless of the evolutionary relationship between Nematoda and Arthropoda, C. elegans and Drosophila remain useful and valid models for our analyses, and the relationships shown in Figure 1are consistent with both hypotheses.
Although many other aspects of animal phylogeny remain unresolved, our results indicate that insects (arthropods) are genetically and evolutionarily closer to humans (vertebrates) than to nematodes.
As noted [ 18 19 ] , β-1,4-endoglucanases presumably equip these nematodes with the ability to endogenously degrade the most abundant component of cell walls, namely cellulose.
Root-knot nematodes penetrate plant hosts and migrate between the cells in roots, where they induce formation of large multinucleate cells called 'giant cells'.
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