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Stephen C. Barker

Researcher at University of Queensland

Publications -  188
Citations -  9755

Stephen C. Barker is an academic researcher from University of Queensland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome & Louse. The author has an hindex of 57, co-authored 178 publications receiving 8693 citations. Previous affiliations of Stephen C. Barker include Macquarie University & Queensland Museum.

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Genome sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont provide insights into the permanent parasitic lifestyle

Ewen F. Kirkness, +78 more
TL;DR: The genome sequences of the body louse and its primary bacterial endosymbiont Candidatus Riesia pediculicola are presented, providing a reference for studies of holometabolous insects.
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Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

Monika Gulia-Nuss, +124 more
TL;DR: Insights from genome analyses into parasitic processes unique to ticks, including host ‘questing', prolonged feeding, cuticle synthesis, blood meal concentration, novel methods of haemoglobin digestion, haem detoxification, vitellogenesis and prolonged off-host survival are reported.
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Systematics and evolution of ticks with a list of valid genus and species names.

TL;DR: For a list of the 899 valid genus and species names of ticks as of February 2004, see, e.g., the authors, for example, the list presented in this paper.
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A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of Diptera: whole genome sequence data accurately resolve relationships over broad timescales with high precision

TL;DR: The addition of ribosomal and transfer RNA genes to the protein coding genes traditionally used in mitochondrial genome phylogenies improved the resolution and support, contrary to previous suggestions that these genes would evolve too quickly or prove too difficult to align to provide phylogenetic signal at deep nodes.