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<p class="MsoNormal">Please vote early and often for <span style="color:#FB0007">
Exploding Bombardier Beetles</span>! <br>
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<a href="http://www.pacb.com/smrt-science/smrt-grant/pag2017/explosive-beetle/"><span style="color:#0000E9">http://www.pacb.com/smrt-science/smrt-grant/pag2017/explosive-beetle/</span></a><br>
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If our project wins this online vote, the bombardier beetle’s full genome will be sequenced for free by PacBio (Pacific BioSciences).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The beetle is the only insect among the five finalists (the others are a bird, snake, slug and dingo).<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></b>You can vote every 24 hours, so please visit the website and vote every day through April 5th. Please share this with your friends & colleagues.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wendy Moore<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Curator, University of Arizona Insect Collection</span><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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