| Title |
Transcriptomics of the Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius)
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, January 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0016336 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Xiaodong Bai, Praveen Mamidala, Swapna P. Rajarapu, Susan C. Jones, Omprakash Mittapalli |
| Abstract |
Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) are blood-feeding insects poised to become one of the major pests in households throughout the United States. Resistance of C. lectularius to insecticides/pesticides is one factor thought to be involved in its sudden resurgence. Despite its high-impact status, scant knowledge exists at the genomic level for C. lectularius. Hence, we subjected the C. lectularius transcriptome to 454 pyrosequencing in order to identify potential genes involved in pesticide resistance. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 11 | 26% |
| United States | 4 | 10% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 26 | 62% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 41 | 98% |
| Scientists | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 197 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Finland | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | 2% |
| Unknown | 183 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 43 | 22% |
| Researcher | 41 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 21 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 13 | 7% |
| Other | 37 | 19% |
| Unknown | 26 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 113 | 57% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 21 | 11% |
| Environmental Science | 10 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 2% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 12 | 6% |
| Unknown | 33 | 17% |