Widespread movement of invasive cattle fever ticks (Rhipicephalus microplus) in southern Texas leads to shared local infestations on cattle and deer

Table 3 Comparisons of genetic differentiation in paired collections of Rhipicephalus microplus ticks sampled from white-tailed deer (WTD) and cattle in southern Texas

Collection pair (WTD vs. cow)	Spatial distance (km)	Temporal distance	F _ST	p-value	Interpretation
Rm47 vs. Rm48	0	1 day	0.004	0.4187	Shared infestation
Rm13 vs. Rm10	0.6	2 mos.	0.005	0.4001	Shared infestation
Rm06 vs. Rm10	1.9	7 mos.	0.003	0.5614	Shared infestation and persistence
Rm36 vs. Rm37	0.3	9 mos.	0.085	0.0006	Independent infestations
Rm36 vs. Rm39	2.3	3 mos.	0.106	0.0006	Independent infestations
Rm16 vs. Rm17	6.5	6 mos.	0.080	0.0001	Independent infestations

Spatial and temporal distances were minimized as much as possible in these six pairs. Estimates of F_ST were calculated as pairwise θ values in the FSTAT program; significant p-values are in bold font.

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