Of lice and man: Researchers sequence human body louse genome
Monday, June 21, 2010 - 22:34
in Biology & Nature
Like an unwelcome house guest or itinerant squatter, the human body louse shows up when times are bad and always makes them worse. Now scientists report that it has sequenced the body louse genome, an achievement that will yield new insights into louse -- and human -- biology and evolution.