Tick Genome Offers Insight into Parasite's Biology (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Tick Genome Offers Insight into Parasite's Biology

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An international team led by Purdue University sequenced the genome of the deer tick, which can transmit a number of illnesses including Lyme disease.

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Andrew Nuss

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