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Head, Body Lice Are Genetically Very Similar

April 12, 2012
THURSDAY, April 12 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic evidence suggests that head and body lice are the same species, a new study says. The finding is significant because body lice transmit deadly bacterial diseases while head lice do not, the researchers explained. The researchers compared the number and sequences ...

Genetic Study Reveals That Head And Body Lice Appear To Be The Same Species

April 11, 2012
A new study offers compelling genetic evidence that head and body lice are the same species. The finding is of special interest because body lice can transmit deadly bacterial diseases, while head lice do not. The study appears in the journal Insect Molecular Biology. Scientists have long debated whether human ...

Study: Body and head lice are the same species

April 10, 2012
A new study offers compelling genetic evidence that head and body lice are the same species. The finding is of special interest because body lice can transmit deadly bacterial diseases, while head lice do not.

Head and body lice appear to be the same species, genetic study finds

April 9, 2012
A new study offers compelling genetic evidence that head and body lice are the same species. The finding is of special interest because body lice can transmit deadly bacterial diseases, while head lice do not.

Head and body lice appear to be the same species, genetic study finds

April 9, 2012
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A new study offers compelling genetic evidence that head and body lice are the same species. The finding is of special interest because body lice can transmit deadly bacterial diseases, while head lice do not. The study appears in the journal Insect Molecular ...

Head and body lice appear to be the same species, genetic study finds

April 9, 2012
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) A new study offers compelling genetic evidence that head and body lice are the same species. The finding is of special interest because body lice can transmit deadly bacterial diseases, while head lice do not. The study appears in the journal Insect Molecular Biology.

A new species of bamboo-feeding plant lice found in Costa Rica

February 6, 2012
Several periods of field work during 2008 have led to the discovery of a new species of bamboo-feeding plant lice in Costa Rica's high-altitude region "Cerro de la Muerte". The discovery was made thanks to molecular data analysis of mitochondrial DNA. The collected records have also increased the overall knowledge ...

A new species of bamboo-feeding plant lice found in Costa Rica

February 6, 2012
Several periods of field work during 2008 have led to the discovery of a new species of bamboo-feeding plant lice in Costa Rica's high-altitude region "Cerro de la Muerte". The discovery was made thanks to molecular data analysis of mitochondrial DNA. The collected records have also increased the overall knowledge ...

A new species of gall makers in the aphid genus of plant lice was found in China

November 1, 2011
Aphid researchers from Chinese Academy of Sciences found one new species, Aleurodaphis sinojackiae Qiao & Jiang, 2011 from Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces, China. It forms leaf galls on Jack trees (Sinojackia xylocarpa) and is one of two known gall makers in the plant lice Aleurodaphis (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Hormaphidinae). The study ...

A new species of gall makers in the aphid genus of plant lice was found in China

November 1, 2011
Aphid researchers from Chinese Academy of Sciences found one new species, Aleurodaphis sinojackiae Qiao & Jiang, 2011 from Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces, China. It forms leaf galls on Jack trees ( Sinojackia xylocarpa ) and is one of two known gall makers in the plant lice ...

Lice tops seasonal Halloween creepy crawlies

October 17, 2011
Autumn brings tales of scary delight, but none terrifies parents so much as the note home from school that a case of lice has been detected.

Myths about head lice

October 14, 2011
Autumn brings tales of scary delight but none terrifies parents so much as the note home from school that a case of lice has been detected.