Minique H. de Castro

Argasid and ixodid systematics: Implications for soft tick evolution and systematics, with a new argasid species list

Ben J. Mans, Jonathan Featherston, Marija Kvas et al. · Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases · 2018 · 171 citations · Full text

Biology, Soft Tick Evolution, Arthropod Taxonomy +8

The genetic legacy of the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa

Cesar Fortes‐Lima, Concetta Burgarella, Rickard Hammarén et al. · Nature · 2023 · 85 citations · Full text

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

Ben J. Mans, Daniël de Klerk, Ronel Pienaar et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 82 citations · Full text

Comparative Genomics, Genetics, Major Tick Lineages +20

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

Ben J. Mans, Samuel Kelava, Ronel Pienaar et al. · Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases · 2021 · 64 citations

Biology, 18S-28s Rrna, Phylogenetics +10

De novo assembly and annotation of the salivary gland transcriptome of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus male and female ticks during blood feeding

Minique H. de Castro, Daniël de Klerk, Ronel Pienaar et al. · Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases · 2016 · 52 citations

Biology, Developmental Biology, Female Ticks +8