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Direct and indirect inferences on parasite mating and gene transmission patterns. Pangamy in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2007
Chevillon Christine, Koffi Brou Basile, Barré Nicolas, Durand Patrick, Arnathau Céline, de Meeûs Thierry
Abstract excerpt
Mating system plays a determinant role in the maintenance and distribution of genetic variation. Difficulties in applying standard methods of indirect inferences onto parasitic life-cycles partly explain the current lack of knowledge on parasite mating systems. The present study develops a combination of direct and indirect inference methods circumventing such difficulties, and illustrates in particular how such...
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