Nuttalliella namaqua: A Living Fossil and Closest Relative to the Ancestral Tick Lineage: Implications for the Evolution of Blood-Feeding in Ticks

Ben J. Mans; Daniel de Klerk; Ronel Pienaar; Abdalla A. Latif

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023675

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Nuttalliella namaqua: A Living Fossil and Closest Relative to the Ancestral Tick Lineage: Implications for the Evolution of Blood-Feeding in Ticks

Ben J. Mans ,

* E-mail: mansb@arc.agric.za

Affiliations Parasites, Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa, The Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Daniel de Klerk,

Affiliation Parasites, Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa
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Ronel Pienaar,

Affiliation Parasites, Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa
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Abdalla A. Latif

Affiliations Parasites, Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa, The Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Nuttalliella namaqua: A Living Fossil and Closest Relative to the Ancestral Tick Lineage: Implications for the Evolution of Blood-Feeding in Ticks

Ben J. Mans,
Daniel de Klerk,
Ronel Pienaar,
Abdalla A. Latif

Published: August 17, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023675

About the Authors

Ben J. Mans

* E-mail: mansb@arc.agric.za

Affiliations Parasites, Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa, The Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Daniel de Klerk

Affiliation Parasites, Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa

Ronel Pienaar

Affiliation Parasites, Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa

Abdalla A. Latif

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BJM RP AAL DdK. Performed the experiments: BJM RP DdK. Analyzed the data: BJM RP AAL DdK. Wrote the paper: BJM RP AAL DdK.

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