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The reduced genome of a heritable symbiont from an ectoparasitic feather feeding louse
BACKGROUND: Feather feeding lice are abundant and diverse ectoparasites that complete their entire life cycle on an avian host. The principal or sole source of nutrition for these lice is feathers. Feathers appear to lack four amino acids that the lice would require to complete development and repro...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8173840/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34078265 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01840-7 |