The i5K Initiative: Advancing Arthropod Genomics for Knowledge, Human Health, Agriculture, and the Environment

i5K, Consortium,; Evans, Jay, D.; Brown, Susan, J.; Hackett, Kevin, J.; E. Robinson, Gene; Richards, Stephen; Lawson, Daniel; G. Elsik, Christine; A. Coddington, Jonathan; R. Edwards, Owain; Emrich, Scott; Gabaldón, Toni; R. Goldsmith, Marian; Glenn, Hanes,; Bernard, Misof,; Muñoz-Torres, Mónica; Niehuis, Oliver; Papanicolaou, Alexie; E. Pfrender, Michael; F. Poelchau, Monica; Purcell-Miramontes, Mary; Robertson, Hugh, M.; A. Ryder, Oliver; Tagu, Denis; Teixeira Torres, Tatiana; M. Zdobnov, Evgeny; Goujie, Zhang,; Zhou, Xin

doi:10.1093/jhered/est050

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The i5K Initiative: Advancing Arthropod Genomics for Knowledge, Human Health, Agriculture, and the Environment

Published in Journal of Heredity • Aug 12, 2013

Authors:

Consortium, i5K

D. Evans, Jay

J. Brown, Susan

Abstract

Insects and their arthropod relatives including mites, spiders, and crustaceans play major roles in the world's terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Arthropods compete with humans for food and transmit devastating diseases. They also comprise the most diverse and successful branch of metazoa...

Subject

Arthropod

Biology

Agriculture

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