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Janice P. Van Zee

Researcher at Purdue University

Publications -  5
Citations -  471

Janice P. Van Zee is an academic researcher from Purdue University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ixodes scapularis & Genome. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 5 publications receiving 391 citations.

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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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Genome organization of major tandem repeats in the hard tick, Ixodes scapularis

TL;DR: Localization of the first fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)-based chromosome markers in the Lyme disease vector produced the first link between DNA sequences and major structural features of I. scapularis chromosomes and provided the framework for a FISH-based physical map.
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The position of repetitive DNA sequence in the southern cattle tick genome permits chromosome identification

TL;DR: Evidence is presented that R. microplus has holocentric chromosomes and the implications of these findings for tick chromosome biology and genomic research are explored.
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Paralog analyses reveal gene duplication events and genes under positive selection in Ixodes scapularis and other ixodid ticks

TL;DR: The present study marks the first genome-level analyses of gene duplication for the Ixodidae and provides insights into mechanisms shaping genome evolution in this group.
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Using comparative genomics to decode the genetics of acaricide resistance.

TL;DR: The genome assembly of the black-legged tick Ixodes scapularis is exploited and comparative genomic analyses are exploited to explore the complement of tick ACEs and their potential roles in OP resistance, revealing the molecular complexity of the I. scapULARis ace gene family and revealing potential challenges to management of OP resistance in ticks.