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Global comparative analysis of ESTs from the southern cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus
12 Oct 2007
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BACKGROUND: The southern cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, is an economically important parasite of cattle and can transmit several pathogenic microorganisms to its cattle host during the feeding process. Understanding the biology and genomics of R. microplus is critical to developing novel methods for controlling these ticks. RESULTS: We present a global comparative genomic analysis of a gene...
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