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SNPs in Entire Mitochondrial Genome Sequences (≈15.4 kb) and cox1 Sequences (≈486 bp) Resolve Body and Head Lice From Doubly Infected People From Ethiopia, China, Nepal, and Iran But Not France.
Journal of medical entomology - 1 Nov 2014
Xiong H, Campelo D, Boutellis A, Raoult D, Alem M, Ali J, Bilcha K, Shao R, Pollack R J, Barker S C
Abstract excerpt
Some people host lice on the clothing as well as the head. Whether body lice and head lice are distinct species or merely variants of the same species remains contentious. We sought to ascertain the extent to which lice from these different habitats might interbreed on doubly infected people by comparing their entire mitochondrial genome sequences. Toward this end, we analyzed two sets of published genetic data...
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