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Genes specific to plant parasitic nematodes ( Tylenchida species) as well as prokaryotic-like horizontal gene transfer candidates were also examined.
Root-knot nematode species, including Meloidogyne incognita , are the most important of the plant parasitic nematodes, infecting almost all cultivated plants, and are responsible for billions of dollars in crop losses annually [ 1 2 ] . They are obligatory sedentary endoparasites with a 1- to 2-month life cycle.
It was suggested [ 3 ] that acquisition of these new functions (either by symbiosis or HGT) permitted previously free-living nematodes to expand their range into a new ecological niche (the plant) as a prelude to speciation into parasitic forms.
Sequences were obtained from the Parasitic Nematode Sequencing Project (PNSP) [ 30 ] including clustered Meloidogyne ESTs built with the NemaGene approach [ 28 ] . We analyzed 1,799 M. incognita (WMi) sequences and 3,119 M. javanica (WMj) sequences from these PNSP clusters.
Thus, although the exact mechanism of the RNA uptake remains to be elucidated, the electroporation procedure must have allowed the dsRNA to traverse the various erythrocytic and parasitic membranes to enter the parasitic cells.