Molecular BiologyEcology and EvolutionPeer-reviewed
Copy Number Variation-Based Molecular Sexing of Ixodes scapularis and Rhipicephalus microplus Immature Stages Using qPCR and ddPCR Approaches
Sharma Arvind, Benjamin Faustino, Isaac Amankona Hinne…·Monika Gulia-Nuss
The paper develops and validates a copy number variation-based molecular sexing method for immature Ixodes scapularis and Rhipicephalus microplus ticks using qPCR and ddPCR, achieving high accuracy in sex determination.
DOI 10.1002/ece3.74562