Simplify, simplify

Lifestyle and compact genome of the body louse provide a unique functional genomics opportunity

Barry R. Pittendrigh Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USACorrespondence[email protected]

May R. Berenbaum Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA

Manfredo J. Seufferheld Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA

Venu M. Margam Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN USA

Joseph P. Strycharz Department of Veterinary & Animal Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA USA

Yoon Kyong S. Department of Veterinary & Animal Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA USA

Weilin Sun Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA

Robert Reenan Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI USA

Si Hyeock Lee Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

John M. Clark Department of Veterinary & Animal Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA USA