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| Title | Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome |
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| Author | Joshua B. Benoit, Zach N. Adelman, Klaus Reinhardt, Amanda Dolan, Monica Poelchau, Emily C. Jennings, Elise M. Szuter, Richard W. Hagan, Hemant Gujar, Jayendra Nath Shukla, Fang Zhu, M. Mohan, David R. Nelson, Andrew J. Rosendale, Christian Derst, et al |
| Date | 2016-02-02 |
| Description | Genome sequencing and annotation establish a solid foundation for future research on mechanisms of insecticide resistance, human–bed bug and symbiont–bed bug associations, and unique features of bed bug biology that contribute to the unprecedented success of C. lectularius as a human ectoparasite |
| Keywords | bed bug, genome, sequence, traumatic insemination |
| URL | http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2016/160202/ncomms10165/full/ncomms10165.html |
| Photograph | 1 |
| ID | 8024 |