Comparative genomic analysis reveals occurrence of genetic recombination in virulent Cryptosporidium hominis subtypes and telomeric gene duplications in Cryptosporidium parvum

Table 3 Coverage of two Illumina-sequenced Cryptosporidium hominis genomes in sequence gaps of the published C. parvum IOWA genome

Chromosome	Gap in *C. parvum* IOWA (bp)	Sequence length in *C. hominis* specimen (bp)
Chromosome	Gap in *C. parvum* IOWA (bp)	37999	30976
2	100*	1481	1481
3	500	5582	5576
4	100 (1^st)*	>458	1450
4	100 (2^nd)*	2937	2714
5	100 (1^st)*	14,926	14,929
5	100 (2^nd)*	1788	1311
5	1,000 (3^rd)	Not covered	467
6	2,500	245	245
6	100*	>538 (ending with telomeric repeats)	>857 (ending with telomeric repeats)
8	10,000	19,048 bp deletion spanning entire gap	19,048 bp deletion spanning entire gap

*Regions where inversions and translocations of sequences occurred in sequenced C. hominis genomes.

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