Catalogue of stage-specific transcripts in Ixodes ricinus and their potential functions during the tick life-cycle

Catalogue of stage-specific transcripts in Ixodes ricinus and their potential functions during the tick life-cycle

Abstract Background The castor bean tick Ixodes ricinus is an important vector of several clinically important diseases, whose prevalence increases with accelerating global climate changes. Characterization of a tick life-cycle is thus of great importance. However, researchers mainly focus on specif...

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Main Authors: Pavlina Vechtova, Zoltan Fussy, Radim Cegan, Jan Sterba, Jan Erhart, Vladimir Benes, Libor Grubhoffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Ixodes ricinus
Tick development
Transcriptome assembly
Reference gene validation
Life stage
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-020-04173-4

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