Insect genomics: A lousy fly

Curr Biol. 2024 Mar 11;34(5):R206-R209. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.038.ABSTRACTThe bee louse (Braula coeca) is a honeybee inquiline and a long-standing taxonomic mystery. A new study unravels their genomic architecture and shows that these enigmatic flies have evolved from scale insect-exploiting drosophilid ancestors and share genetic similarities with their honeybee hosts.PMID:38471451 | DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.038

Source: Current Biology - March 12, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Marcus C Stensmyr Source Type: research