Mating success of two geographically distinct populations of Gulf Coast ticks, Amblyomma maculatum Koch
| Autor: | O. F. Strey, Michael T. Longnecker, Pete D. Teel, H.R. Ketchum |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Oviposition Cattle Diseases Zoology Tick Gene flow Ticks Feeding behavior Species Specificity parasitic diseases Animals Amblyomma maculatum Mating Crosses Genetic reproductive and urinary physiology General Veterinary biology Ecology Feeding Behavior General Medicine Kansas biology.organism_classification Texas Tick Infestations behavior and behavior mechanisms Cattle Female Parasitology Gulf coast tick |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary Parasitology. 140:143-147 |
| ISSN: | 0304-4017 |
| Popis: | Gulf Coast ticks collected from Refugio Co., TX and Osage Co., KS are reproductively compatible despite differences in genetic haplotypes, geographic separation and seasonal phenologies. Two heifers per mating combination (TX males x TX females, KS males x KS females, TX males x KS females, KS males x TX females) were each infested with 360 pairs of Gulf Coast ticks. Only mean pre-oviposition and mean egg conversion efficiency index for the Texas male-Kansas female mating were significantly different (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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