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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 7, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10165
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- NHGRI grant [U54 HG003273]
- Blanton J. Whitmire endowment, Housing and Urban Development [NCHHU-00017-13]
- National Science Foundation [IOS-1052238, DEB-1257053]
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation [2013-5-35 MBE]
- NIH [GM070559-9]
- Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fast Start Grant [11-UOO-124]
- Fralin Life Sciences Institutes and Virginia Agriculture Experimental Station
- European Research Council [ERC-CoG 616346, 260986]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [Pe1798/2-1, PA2044/1-1, BL469/7-1, 766/11-1]
- Exzellenzinitiative of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- University of Cincinnati Faculty Development Research Grant
- Ohio Supercomputer Center Research Allocation
- Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship [PIOF-GA-2011-303312]
- Swiss National Science Foundation [31003A-125350, 31003A-143936]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG): collaborative research center [SFB 1047]
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BBS/E/C/00005194] Funding Source: researchfish
- Division Of Environmental Biology
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1257053] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1456973] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- BBSRC [BBS/E/C/00005194, BB/J020281/1, BB/L001683/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- ARS [ARS-0425645, 813553] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [31003A-125350] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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The bed bug, Cimex lectularius, has re-established itself as a ubiquitous human ectoparasite throughout much of the world during the past two decades. This global resurgence is likely linked to increased international travel and commerce in addition to widespread insecticide resistance. Analyses of the C. lectularius sequenced genome (650Mb) and 14,220 predicted protein-coding genes provide a comprehensive representation of genes that are linked to traumatic insemination, a reduced chemosensory repertoire of genes related to obligate hematophagy, host-symbiont interactions, and several mechanisms of insecticide resistance. In addition, we document the presence of multiple putative lateral gene transfer events. Genome sequencing and annotation establish a solid foundation for future research on mechanisms of insecticide resistance, human-bed bug and symbiont-bed bug associations, and unique features of bed bug biology that contribute to the unprecedented success of C. lectularius as a human ectoparasite.
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