Comparison of vertebrate cytochrome b and prepronociceptin for blood meal analyses in Culicoides.
To date, studies on host preferences and blood meal identification have been conducted for Culicoides species using molecular-based methods such as PCR techniques to amplify only a fragment from universal vertebrate mitochondrial genes such as Cytochrome C oxidase subunit I (COI) or Cytochrome b (Cy...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-05-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Veterinary Science |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fvets.2015.00015/full |