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Thrombostasin isoform frequency in a Central Texas field population of the horn fly, Haematobia irritans.
Veterinary parasitology - 20 Dec 2006
Untalan Pia M, Pruett John H, Atteberry Heather N, Steelman C Dayton
Abstract excerpt
Thrombostasin is an anti-thrombin factor that plays a role in successful feeding of the horn fly, Haematobia irritans. It has been isolated and characterized from saliva, and polymorphisms in the gene coding sequence have been previously reported. In the present study, the thrombostasin gene was analyzed from 60, field-collected flies from Camp Stanley, Texas and the allele and genotype frequencies were compared...
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