Preliminary Assessment of Microbiome Changes Following Blood-Feeding and Survivorship in the Amblyomma americanum Nymph-to-Adult Transition using Semiconductor Sequencing

• Arturo C. Menchaca ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Arturo C. Menchaca, David K. Visi

  Affiliation Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas

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• David K. Visi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Arturo C. Menchaca, David K. Visi

  Affiliations Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

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• Otto F. Strey,

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, Texas AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

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• Pete D. Teel,

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, Texas AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

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• Kevin Kalinowski,

  Affiliation Center for Learning and Development, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas

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• Michael S. Allen ,

  * E-mail: Michael.Allen@unthsc.edu

  Affiliations Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

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• Phillip C. Williamson

  Affiliation Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas

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