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
Rok vydání: 2006
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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
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