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Population and Evolutionary Genomics of Amblyomma americanum, an Expanding Arthropod Disease Vector.
Genome biology and evolution - 12 May 2016
Monzón Javier D, Atkinson Elizabeth G, Henn Brenna M, Benach Jorge L
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The lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, is an important disease vector and the most frequent tick found attached to humans in the eastern United States. The lone star tick has recently experienced a rapid range expansion into the Northeast and Midwest, but despite this emerging infectious threat to wildlife, livestock, and human health, little is known about the genetic causes and consequences of the geographic...
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