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De novo assembled salivary gland transcriptome and expression pattern analyses for Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi Neuman, 1897 male and female ticks by Pienaar, Ronel, de Klerk, Daniel G., de Castro, Minique H., Featherston, Jonathan, Mans, Ben J.

“…Ticks secrete proteins in their saliva that change over the course of feeding to modulate the host inflammation, immune responses, haemostasis or may cause…”
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The mitochondrial genomes of Nuttalliella namaqua (Ixodoidea: Nuttalliellidae) and Argas africolumbae (Ixodoidae: Argasidae): estimation of divergence dates for the major tick lineages and reconstruction of ancestral blood-feeding characters by Mans, Ben J, de Klerk, Daniel, Pienaar, Ronel, de Castro, Minique H, Latif, Abdalla A

“…Ixodida are composed of hard (Ixodidae), soft (Argasidae) and the monotypic Nuttalliellidae (Nuttalliella namaqua) tick families. Nuclear 18S rRNA analysis…”
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Description of a new Ornithodoros ( Pavlovskyella ) (Ixodida: Argasidae) tick species from Pakistan by Ali, Abid, Khan, Mehran, Numan, Muhammad, Alouffi, Abdulaziz, Almutairi, Mashal M, Pienaar, Ronel, de Castro, Minique H, Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia, Muñoz-Leal, Sebastián, Mans, Ben J

“…The genus is notably diverse within the family Argasidae, comprising approximately 134 species distributed among 4 subgenera, 1 of which is the subgenus . In…”
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Description of a new tick species, closely related to Amblyomma javanense (Supino, 1897), associated with Varanus bengalensis (Squamata: Varanidae) in Pakistan by Ali, Abid, Khan, Mehran, Alouffi, Abdulaziz, Almutairi, Mashal M., Paguem, Archile, Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia, Pienaar, Ronel, de Castro, Minique H., Mans, Ben J.

“…The genus Amblyomma contains the highest percentage of reptile-associated ticks, and comprises approximately nine subgenera. One of these subgenera is…”
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Transcriptomic Analysis of Salivary Glands of Ornithodoros brasiliensis Aragão, 1923, the Agent of a Neotropical Tick-Toxicosis Syndrome in Humans by Reck, Jose, Webster, Anelise, Dall’Agnol, Bruno, Pienaar, Ronel, de Castro, Minique H., Featherston, Jonathan, Mans, Ben J.

“…Tick salivary glands produce and secrete a variety of compounds that modulate host responses and ensure a successful blood meal. Despite great progress made in…”
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Gene Duplication and Protein Evolution in Tick-Host Interactions by Mans, Ben J, Featherston, Jonathan, de Castro, Minique H, Pienaar, Ronel

“…Ticks modulate their hosts' defense responses by secreting a biopharmacopiea of hundreds to thousands of proteins and bioactive chemicals into the feeding site…”
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De novo assembly and annotation of the salivary gland transcriptome of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus male and female ticks during blood feeding by de Castro, Minique H, de Klerk, Daniel, Pienaar, Ronel, Latif, Abdalla A, Rees, D Jasper G, Mans, Ben J

“…Tick secretory proteins modulate haemostasis, inflammation and immune responses of the host and are attractive recombinant anti-tick vaccine candidates. Yet,…”
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Correction: The Mitochondrial Genomes of Nuttalliella namaqua (Ixodoidea: Nuttalliellidae) and Argas africolumbae (Ixodoidae: Argasidae): Estimation of Divergence Dates for the Major Tick Lineages and Reconstruction of Ancestral Blood-Feeding Characters by Mans, Ben J., de Klerk, Daniel, Pienaar, Ronel, de Castro, Minique H., Latif, Abdalla A.

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Argasid and ixodid systematics: Implications for soft tick evolution and systematics, with a new argasid species list by Mans, Ben J., Featherston, Jonathan, Kvas, Marija, Pillay, Kerry-Anne, de Klerk, Daniel G., Pienaar, Ronel, de Castro, Minique H., Schwan, Tom G., Lopez, Job E., Teel, Pete, Pérez de León, Adalberto A., Sonenshine, Daniel E., Egekwu, Noble I., Bakkes, Deon K., Heyne, Heloise, Kanduma, Esther G., Nyangiwe, Nkululeko, Bouattour, Ali, Latif, Abdalla A.

“…The systematics of the genera and subgenera within the soft tick family Argasidae is not adequately resolved. Different classification schemes, reflecting…”
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Mitochondrial genome and nuclear ribosomal RNA analysis place Alveonasus lahorensis within the Argasinae and suggest that the genus Alveonasus is paraphyletic by Mans, Ben J, Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia, Pienaar, Ronel, de Castro, Minique, Khan, Mehran, Almutairi, Mashal M, Alouffi, Abdulaziz, Ali, Abid

“…Two major families exist in ticks, the Argasidae and Ixodidae. The Argasidae comprise 2 sub-families, Argasinae and Ornithodorinae. The placement into…”
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Nuclear (18S-28S rRNA) and mitochondrial genome markers of Carios (Carios) vespertilionis (Argasidae) support Carios Latreille, 1796 as a lineage embedded in the Ornithodorinae: re-classification of the Carios sensu Klompen and Oliver (1993) clade into its respective subgenera by Mans, Ben J., Kelava, Samuel, Pienaar, Ronel, Featherston, Jonathan, de Castro, Minique H., Quetglas, Juan, Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Miller, Myrna M., Laverty, Theresa M., Shao, Renfu, Takano, Ai, Kawabata, Hiroki, Moustafa, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed, Nakao, Ryo, Matsuno, Keita, Greay, Telleasha L., Evasco, Kimberly L., Barker, Dayana, Barker, Stephen C.

“…Argasid systematics remains controversial with widespread adherence to the Hoogstraal (1985) classification scheme, even though it does not reflect…”
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Ancestral reconstruction of tick lineages by Mans, Ben J, de Castro, Minique H, Pienaar, Ronel, de Klerk, Daniel, Gaven, Philasande, Genu, Siyamcela, Latif, Abdalla A

“…Ancestral reconstruction in its fullest sense aims to describe the complete evolutionary history of a lineage. This depends on accurate phylogenies and an…”
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Next-generation sequencing as means to retrieve tick systematic markers, with the focus on Nuttalliella namaqua (Ixodoidea: Nuttalliellidae) by Mans, Ben J, de Klerk, Daniel, Pienaar, Ronel, de Castro, Minique H, Latif, Abdalla A

“…Nuclear ribosomal RNA (18S and 28S rRNA) and mitochondrial genomes are commonly used in tick systematics. The ability to retrieve these markers using…”
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Sialotranscriptomics of Rhipicephalus zambeziensis reveals intricate expression profiles of secretory proteins and suggests tight temporal transcriptional regulation during blood-feeding by de Castro, Minique Hilda, de Klerk, Daniel, Pienaar, Ronel, Rees, D Jasper G, Mans, Ben J

“…Ticks secrete a diverse mixture of secretory proteins into the host to evade its immune response and facilitate blood-feeding, making secretory proteins…”
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Diversity and cis-element architecture of the promoter regions of cellulose synthase genes in Eucalyptus by Creux, Nicky M, De Castro, Minique H, Ranik, Martin, Maleka, Mathabatha F, Myburg, Alexander A

“…Lignocellulosic biomass from fast-growing plantation trees is composed of carbohydrate-rich materials deposited into plant cell walls in a coordinated manner…”
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The genetic legacy of the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa by Fortes-Lima, Cesar A., Burgarella, Concetta, Hammarén, Rickard, Eriksson, Anders, Vicente, Mário, Jolly, Cecile, Semo, Armando, Gunnink, Hilde, Pacchiarotti, Sara, Mundeke, Leon, Matonda, Igor, Muluwa, Joseph Koni, Coutros, Peter, Nyambe, Terry S., Cikomola, Justin Cirhuza, Coetzee, Vinet, de Castro, Minique, Ebbesen, Peter, Delanghe, Joris, Stoneking, Mark, Barham, Lawrence, Lombard, Marlize, Meyer, Anja, Steyn, Maryna, Malmström, Helena, Rocha, Jorge, Soodyall, Himla, Pakendorf, Brigitte, Bostoen, Koen, Schlebusch, Carina M.

“…The expansion of people speaking Bantu languages is the most dramatic demographic event in Late Holocene Africa and fundamentally reshaped the linguistic,…”
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Full genomic sequence of an African Avian Paramyxovirus Type 4 strain isolated from a wild duck by Abolnik, Celia, de Castro, Minique, Rees, Jasper

“…A random amplification/deep sequencing approach was applied to determine the complete genomic sequence of an Avian Paramyxovirus Type 4 (APMV-4) strain…”
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The Mitochondrial Genomes of Nuttalliella namaqua : Estimation of Divergence Dates for the Major Tick Lineages and Reconstruction of Ancestral Blood-Feeding Characters by Mans, Ben J, de Klerk, Daniel, Pienaar, Ronel, de Castro, Minique H, Latif, Abdalla A

“…Ixodida are composed of hard (Ixodidae), soft (Argasidae) and the monotypic Nuttalliellidae (Nuttalliella namaqua) tick families. Nuclear 18S rRNA analysis…”
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The Mitochondrial Genomes of Nuttalliella namaqua by Mans, Ben J, de Klerk, Daniel, Pienaar, Ronel, de Castro, Minique H, Latif, Abdalla A

“…Ixodida are composed of hard (Ixodidae), soft (Argasidae) and the monotypic Nuttalliellidae (Nuttalliella namaqua) tick families. Nuclear 18S rRNA analysis…”
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In silico and functional characterization of the promoter of a Eucalyptus secondary cell wall associated cellulose synthase gene (EgCesA1) by Creux, Nicky, De Castro, Minique, Ranik, Martin, Spokevicius, Antanas, Bossinger, Gerd, Maritz-Olivier, Christine, Myburg, Zander

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