Molecular identification of ticks

Data was obtained from a study aimed at identifying selected tick species at different life stages in South Africa. Morphology results were confirmed using molecular techniques (DNA barcoding) targeting the <em>16S</em> rRNA and <em>COI</em> genes. <br> <strong>Table 1 </strong>shows sequence results obtained from the study compared with closely related reference sequences downloaded from GeneBank. <strong>Figures 1 and 2 </strong>show phylogenetic trees derived from both genes using both the maximum-likelihood and Neighbour-Joining methods. <br>