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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Main Authors: Leila eHadj-henni, thibaut edemeulemeester, Jerome eDepaquit, Philippe eNoel, Adeline eGermain, Remi eHelder, Denis eAugot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fvets.2015.00015/full