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Nuclear genetic diversity of head lice sheds light on human dispersal around the world by Ascunce, Marina S, Toloza, Ariel C, González-Oliver, Angélica, Reed, David L

“…The human louse, Pediculus humanus , is an obligate blood-sucking ectoparasite that has coevolved with humans for millennia. Given the intimate relationship…”
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Metabolic and physiological effects of antibiotic-induced dysbiosis in citrus by Ketehouli, Toi, Goss, Erica M., Ascunce, Marina S., Martins, Samuel J.

“…Streptomycin (Str) and oxytetracycline (Otc) are widely used antibiotics to manage bacterial diseases in citrus and other crops. However, their impacts on the…”
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Measuring local genetic variation in permethrin-resistant head lice (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) from Buenos Aires, Argentina by Toloza, Ariel C., Ascunce, Marina S., Reed, David L.

“…The cosmopolitan ectoparasite humanheadlouse, Pediculus humanuscapitis (DeGeer)(Phthiraptera:Pediculidae), affects mostly school-aged children, with…”
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Global Invasion History of the Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta by Ascunce, Marina S, Yang, Chin-Cheng, Oakey, Jane, Calcaterra, Luis, Wu, Wen-Jer, Shih, Cheng-Jen, Goudet, Jérôme, Ross, Kenneth G, Shoemaker, DeWayne

“…The fire ant Solenopsis invicta is a significant pest that was inadvertently introduced into the southern United States almost a century ago and more recently…”
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Feather mites play a role in cleaning host feathers: New insights from DNA metabarcoding and microscopy by Doña, Jorge, Proctor, Heather, Serrano, David, Johnson, Kevin P., Oploo, Arnika Oddy‐van, Huguet‐Tapia, Jose C., Ascunce, Marina S., Jovani, Roger

“…Parasites and other symbionts are crucial components of ecosystems, regulating host populations and supporting food webs. However, most symbiont systems,…”
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Species Delimitation: A Case Study in a Problematic Ant Taxon by Ross, Kenneth G, Gotzek, Dietrich, Ascunce, Marina S, Shoemaker, D. DeWayne

“…Species delimitation has been invigorated as a discipline in systematics by an influx of new character sets, analytical methods, and conceptual advances. We…”
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Conceptualization of the Holobiont Paradigm as It Pertains to Corals by Goulet, Tamar L., Erill, Ivan, Ascunce, Marina S., Finley, Sheree J., Javan, Gulnaz T.

“…Corals’ obligate association with unicellular dinoflagellates, family Symbiodiniaceae form the foundation of coral reefs. For nearly a century, researchers…”
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Nuclear genetic diversity in human lice (Pediculus humanus) reveals continental differences and high inbreeding among worldwide populations by Ascunce, Marina S, Toups, Melissa A, Kassu, Gebreyes, Fane, Jackie, Scholl, Katlyn, Reed, David L

“…Understanding the evolution of parasites is important to both basic and applied evolutionary biology. Knowledge of the genetic structure of parasite…”
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Ant community composition in a citrus grove reveals eastern expansion in Florida of the South American big-headed ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Ascunce, Marina S., Carroll, Katherine Casey, Aufmuth, Joe, Justice, Lauren, Perez, Patricia, Nisip, Andrew, Gavilanez-Slone, Jenny M., Qureshi, Jawwad A., Porter, Sanford, Lucky, Andrea

“…Florida has become a worldwide hotspot for introduced and invasive ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Furthermore, studies have shown that non-native ants support…”
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Large-spored Drechslera gigantea is a Bipolaris species causing disease on the invasive grass Microstegium vimineum by Lane, Brett, Stricker, Kerry Bohl, Adhikari, Ashish, Ascunce, Marina S., Clay, Keith, Flory, S. Luke, Smith, Matthew E., Goss, Erica M., Harmon, Philip F.

“…Environmentally damaging invasive plants can also serve as reservoir hosts for agricultural pathogens. Microstegium vimineum is an invasive C4 annual grass…”
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Are Ants Good Organisms to Teach Elementary Students about Invasive Species in Florida? by Zollota, Sara, Perez, Patricia, Allen, Jenna, Argenti, Tori, Read, Quentin D, Ascunce, Marina S

“…This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of our outreach program "The ImportANTs of ANTs" in communicating scientific topics to elementary school…”
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Phylogenomic analysis supports multiple instances of polyphyly in the oomycete peronosporalean lineage by Ascunce, Marina S., Huguet-Tapia, Jose C., Ortiz-Urquiza, Almudena, Keyhani, Nemat O., Braun, Edward L., Goss, Erica M.

“…Oomycete phylogenomics: Maximum likelihood phylogeny reconstructed using a concatenated alignment of 277 orthologous genes shared among 17 oomycete genomes…”
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Penicillin Trunk Injection Affects Bacterial Community Structure in Citrus Trees by Ascunce, Marina S., Shin, Keumchul, Huguet-Tapia, Jose C., Poudel, Ravin, Garrett, Karen A., van Bruggen, Ariena H. C., Goss, Erica M.

“…Huanglongbing (HLB), caused by Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (C Las), an uncultured α-proteobacterium, is the most destructive disease of citrus trees…”
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Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of a Microsporidian Parasite in the Black Imported Fire Ant and Its Social Parasitic Ant (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Solenopsis ) in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina by Ascunce, Marina S, Kassu, Gebreyes, Bouwma, Andrew, Reed, David L, Briano, Juan, Oi, David H, Shoemaker, DeWayne

“…Microsporidia are natural pathogens of arthropods and have been used as biological control against insect pests. In the United States, efforts to control the…”
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Geographical Distribution of Pyrethroid Resistance Allele Frequency in Head Lice (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) from Argentina by Toloza, Ariel Ceferino, Ascunce, Marina S., Reed, David, Picollo, María Inés

“…The human head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae), is an obligate ectoparasite that causes pediculosis capitis and has…”
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A new genus and species of cixiid planthopper (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea) from the Reserva Privada el Silencio de Los Angeles Cloud Forest in Costa Rica by Bahder, Brian W, Bartlett, Charles R, Barrantes, Edwin A Barrantes, Echavarria, Marco A Zumbado, Humphries, Alessandra R, Helmick, Ericka E, Goss, Erica M, Ascunce, Marina S

“…Myxia belinda gen. et sp. nov. is established for a new taxon of Cixiidae in the tribe Oecleini collected from palms in Costa Rica. The new taxon was…”
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A Survey of Auchenorrhynchan Insects for Identification of Potential Vectors of the 16SrIV-D Phytoplasma in Florida by Mou, De-Fen, Humphries, Alessandra R, Soto, Noemi, Helmick, Ericka E, Ascunce, Marina S, Goss, Erica M, Bahder, Brian W

“…Lethal bronzing disease is caused by the 16SrIV-D phytoplasma and is fatal to many palm species. This disease has caused significant economic losses to nursery…”
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Genetic and Chemical Profiling of Solenopsis spp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Intercepted in Hawaii by Ascunce, Marina S, Vander Meer, Robert K, Chinta, Satya P, Ogura-Yamada, Cassandra, Oishi, Darcy

“…Ants intercepted by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture in 2018 and 2019 identified as Solenopsis spp., and possibly S. invicta, were submitted to the United…”
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Revised status of Omolicna subgenus Agoo (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Derbidae) with a new species from Costa Rica and new country records by Bahder, Brian W, Bartlett, Charles R, Helmick, Ericka E, Barrantes, Edwin A Barrantes, Echavarria, Marco A Zumbado, Goss, Erica M, Ascunce, Marina S

“…An ongoing survey for novel phytoplasmas and viruses that affect palms (Arecaceae) and their potential vectors is being conducted in Costa Rica. During that…”
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Mitochondrial diversity in human head louse populations across the Americas by Ascunce, Marina S., Fane, Jackie, Kassu, Gebreyes, Toloza, Ariel C., Picollo, Maria I., González-Oliver, Angélica, Reed, David L.

“…ABSTRACT Anthropological studies suggest that the genetic makeup of human populations in the Americas is the result of diverse processes including the initial…”
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