Mating success of two geographically distinct populations of Gulf Coast ticks, Amblyomma maculatum Koch

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 143-147

  Ketchum, H R ^a   Teel, P D ^a   Strey, O F ^a   Longnecker, M T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma maculatum; Gene flow; Gulf Coast tick; Heartwater; Reciprocal mating; Reproductive compatibility; Site specific mating

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EGG LAYING; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; INFESTATION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TICK; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; KANSAS; MALE; OVIPOSITION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEXAS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; IXODIDA;

EID: 33746554931     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.03.020     Document Type: Article

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