| Caenorhabditis afra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Rhabditidae |
| Genus: | Caenorhabditis |
| Species: | C. afra |
| Binomial name | |
| Caenorhabditis afra Felix, Braendle & Cutter, 2014 | |
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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.
C. afra groups in phylogenetic trees with C. elegans in the 'Elegans' supergroup. This species groups more closely with C. imperialis in the 'Japonica' group, the sister clade to the 'Elegans' group.
References
- ^ A streamlined system for species diagnosis in Caenorhabditis (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) with name designations for 15 distinct biological species. MA Félix, C Braendle and AD Cutter, PLoS One, 2014
External links
- Caenorhabditis afra at uniprot.org
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