The curse of the prey: Sarcoptes mite molecular analysis reveals potential prey-to-predator parasitic infestation in wild animals from Masai Mara, Kenya

Table 1 Private alleles detected at the eight microsatellite loci of the four wildlife-derived Sarcoptes mite populations from Masai Mara in Kenya, together with their overall frequencies

Locus	Allele	Overall frequency	Animal-derived *Sarcoptes* population
	174	0.0088	Thomson's gazelle
Sarms34	204	0.0175	Wildebeest
	206	0.1404	Cheetah
Sarms37	176	0.0093	Wildebeest
	180	0.0463	Cheetah
Sarms41	236	0.0085	Cheetah
	240	0.0085	Lion
	270	0.0086	Lion
Sarms44	276	0.0172	Wildebeest
	279	0.0172	Wildebeest
Sarms45	172	0.0086	Wildebeest

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