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Analyses of mitochondrial genes reveal two sympatric but genetically divergent lineages of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus in Kenya

BACKGROUND: The ixodid tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus transmits the apicomplexan protozoan parasite Theileria parva, which causes East coast fever (ECF), the most economically important cattle disease in eastern and southern Africa. Recent analysis of micro- and minisatellite markers showed an ab...

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Autores principales: Kanduma, Esther G., Mwacharo, Joram M., Githaka, Naftaly W., Kinyanjui, Peter W., Njuguna, Joyce N., Kamau, Lucy M., Kariuki, Edward, Mwaura, Stephen, Skilton, Robert A., Bishop, Richard P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4918217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27334334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1631-1

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