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Lice

Known as: Louse, Phthiraptera 
An order of small, wingless parasitic insects, commonly known as lice. The suborders include ANOPLURA (sucking lice); AMBLYCERA; ISCHNOCERA; and… (More)
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1948-2017
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AnopluraBody louse infestationLice InfestationsMicrobiological
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Insecta

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Rhyncophthirina

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1936-2018
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physiological aspects
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Phylogenetic relationships among insect orders based on three nuclear protein-coding gene sequences.
Many attempts to resolve the phylogenetic relationships of higher groups of insects have been made based on both morphological… (More)
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2011
2011
Mitochondrial genome deletions and minicircles are common in lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera)
The gene composition, gene order and structure of the mitochondrial genome are remarkably stable across bilaterian animals. Lice… (More)
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2004
2004
Multiple origins of parasitism in lice.
A major fraction of the diversity of insects is parasitic, as herbivores, parasitoids or vertebrate ectopara sites. Understanding… (More)
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2003
2003
Linking coevolutionary history to ecological process: doves and lice.
Many host-specific parasites are restricted to a limited range of host species by ecological barriers that impede dispersal and… (More)
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2003
2003
Dramatically elevated rate of mitochondrial substitution in lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera).
Few estimates of relative substitution rates, and the underlying mutation rates, exist between mitochondrial and nuclear genes in… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Significant levels of sequence divergence and gene rearrangements have occurred between the mitochondrial genomes of the wild mulberry silkmoth, Bombyx mandarina, and its close relative, the…
The metazoan mitochondrial (mt) genome is typically a circular, double-stranded DNA molecule between 14 and 18 kb in size. This… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The population genetics of host specificity: genetic differentiation in dove lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera).
Some species of parasites occur on a wide range of hosts while others are restricted to one or a few host species. The host… (More)
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2001
2001
Critical evaluation of five methods for quantifying chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera).
Five methods for estimating the abundance of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) were tested. To evaluate the methods, feral… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
A different tempo of mitochondrial DNA evolution in birds and their parasitic lice.
A phylogeny for the lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: genus Dennyus) parasitic on swiftlets (Aves: Collocalliinae) was constructed… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The Strepsiptera problem: phylogeny of the holometabolous insect orders inferred from 18S and 28S ribosomal DNA sequences and morphology.
Phylogenetic relationships among the holometabolous insect orders were inferred from cladistic analysis of nucleotide sequences… (More)
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