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Table 2 Estimates of evolutionary divergence using Ugandan R. microplus 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA and ITS2 nucleotide sequences compared to R. microplus on GenBank

From: Invasive cattle ticks in East Africa: morphological and molecular confirmation of the presence of Rhipicephalus microplus in south-eastern Uganda

R. microplus sequencesa

GenBank sequence ID

p-distance

12S

 KY688455

DQ003008.1 (Taiwan)

0.006

EU921766.1 (Mozambique)

0.006

 KY688459

DQ003008.1 (Taiwan)

0.000

EU921766.1 (Mozambique)

0.000

16S

 KY688461

KY020993 (Brazil)

0.710

EU918182.1 (South Africa)

0.663

EU918187.1 (Mozambique)

0.071

ITS2

 KY688467

U97715.1 South Africa)

0.400

MF373428.1 (Nigeria)

0.003

MF373429.1 (Nigeria)

0.002

EU520392.1 (USA)

0.038

  1. aPresent study