| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| School or College |
College of Science |
| Department |
Biology |
| Creator |
Clayton, Dale H.; Rogers, Alan R. |
| Other Author |
Reed David L.; Smith, Vincent S.; Hammond, Shaless L. |
| Title |
Genetic analysis of lice supports direct contact between modern and archaic humans |
| Date |
2004 |
| Description |
Parasites can be used as unique markers to investigate host evolutionary history, independent of host data. Here we show that modern human head lice, Pediculus humanus, are composed of two ancient lineages, whose origin predates modern Homo sapiens by an order of magnitude (ca. 1.18 million years). |
| Type |
Text |
| Publisher |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
| Volume |
2 |
| Issue |
11 |
| First Page |
1972 |
| Last Page |
1983 |
| Subject |
Pediculus humanus; Head lice; Molecular phylogeny; Phthirus |
| Subject LCSH |
Lice; Pediculus -- Phylogeny; Human evolution; Neanderthals |
| Language |
eng |
| Bibliographic Citation |
Reed D. L., Smith, V. S., Hammond, S. L., Rogers, A. R., & Clayton, D. H. (2004). Genetic analysis of lice supports direct contact between modern and archaic humans. Public Library of Science Biology, 2(11), 1972-83. |
| Rights Management |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ |
| Format Medium |
application/pdf |
| Format Extent |
294,963 bytes |
| Identifier |
ir-main,6658 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6p5665f |
| Setname |
ir_uspace |
| ID |
707327 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6p5665f |
