Pediculus humanus capitis

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Head lice and body lice are very close relatives, the former having evolved from the latter after humans began wearing clothing. Body lice vector serious human disease (e.g. Typhus); head lice do not. Comparing the head louse genome with that of the body louse (already available) would help to identify the changes (likely immune related) underlying this difference, and to understand the genetics of sexual incompatibility between the two (speciation). Material would be made available from Gerald Coles, at the School of Veterinary Clinical Science, University of Bristol Nick Priest

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Pediculus humanus capitis
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Taxonomic classification
Class: Insecta
Order: Phthiraptera
Family: Pediculidae
Genus: Pediculus
NCBI taxid: 485px-US-NLM-NCBI-Logo.png 121226
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