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Draft genomes of two blister beetles Hycleus cichorii and Hycleus phaleratus

BACKGROUND: Commonly known as blister beetles or Spanish fly, there are more than 1500 species in the Meloidae family (Hexapoda: Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) that produce the potent defensive blistering agent cantharidin. Cantharidin and its derivatives have been used to treat cancers such as liver,...

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Autores principales: Wu, Yuan-Ming, Li, Jiang, Chen, Xiang-Sheng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5905561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29444297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giy006