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Mariner transposons are sailing in the genome of the blood-sucking bug Rhodnius prolixus

BACKGROUND: The Triatomine bug Rhodnius prolixus is a vector of Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes the Chagas disease in Latin America. R. prolixus can also transfer transposable elements horizontally across a wide range of species. We have taken advantage of the availability of the 700 Mbp complete ge...

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Published in:BMC Genomics
Main Authors: Filée, Jonathan, Rouault, Jacques-Deric, Harry, Myriam, Hua-Van, Aurélie
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4678618/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26666222
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-2060-9
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