Of lice and man: Researchers sequence human body louse genome

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Of lice and man: Researchers sequence human body louse genome

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Like an unwelcome house guest or itinerant squatter, the human body louse shows up when times are bad and always makes them worse. Now a multi-institutional team reports that it has sequenced the body louse genome, an achievement that will yield new insights into louse -- and human -- biology and evolution.

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Tags: Body Lice, Pediculosis, Parasite

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