Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Bos taurus
SUBMITTER: SANDRA REGINA COSTA MARUYAMA
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-4908 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Franzin Alessandra Mara AM Maruyama Sandra Regina SR Garcia Gustavo Rocha GR Oliveira Rosane Pereira RP Ribeiro José Marcos Chaves JM Bishop Richard R Maia Antônio Augusto Mendes AA Moré Daniela Dantas DD Ferreira Beatriz Rossetti BR Santos Isabel Kinney Ferreira de Miranda IK
Parasites & vectors 20170131 1
<h4>Background</h4>Ticks attach to and penetrate their hosts' skin and inactivate multiple components of host responses in order to acquire a blood meal. Infestation loads with the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, are heritable: some breeds carry high loads of reproductively successful ticks, whereas in others, few ticks feed and reproduce efficiently.<h4>Methods</h4>In order to elucidate the mechanisms that result in the different outcomes of infestations with cattle ticks, we examined glo ...[more]