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Multiple paternity in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus confirmed by microsatellite analysis.
Experimental & applied acarology - 1 Jan 2010
Cutullé C, Jonsson N N, Seddon J M
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to determine if individual ticks among the progeny of a single female Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus tick removed from cattle under natural conditions are the result of mating with one or several males. To this end, simulations were run using an existing dataset of genotypes from 8 microsatellite loci to predict the number of samples required and the best locus. Subsequently, 14-22...
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