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Founder effects, inbreeding and effective sizes in the Southern cattle tick: the effect of transmission dynamics and implications for pest management.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2006
Koffi Brou Basile, de Meeûs Thierry, Barré Nicolas, Durand Patrick, Arnathau Céline, Chevillon Christine
Abstract excerpt
Since its immigration in the Pacific island of New Caledonia in 1942 (i.e. about 240 tick-generations ago), the cattle tick Boophilus microplus has experienced a remarkable adaptive diversification there. In order to better understand the population factors involved, we have investigated the B. microplus population structure on that main host-species, Bos taurus. This study was based microsatellite loci and...
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