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Despite this, little is known about the genetic diversity of this tick species, particularly in Cuba, where horses are important domestic animals used in agriculture and for transportation. The objective of this study was to assess the magnitude of genetic variation in 115 D. nitens adults (57 females and 58 males) collected from horses in the Cuban province of Mayabeque using sequence data of two mitochondrial genes, cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene (cox1) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 gene (nad4). The results revealed the presence of 7 cox1 haplotypes, 14 nad4 haplotypes, and 23 haplotypes with concatenation of the two genetic markers. However, the results of the rarefaction curve analyses predict the existence of other rare haplotypes in Mayabeque Province. The most common haplotype for each genetic marker was identical to a D. nitens from Brazil, Colombia, Panama, and French Guiana. 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Additional population genetic studies on D.\u00a0nitens are needed in other countries where this species occurs to examine the phylogeography of this tick species of socioeconomic importance.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/jme\/tjag059","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,17]],"date-time":"2026-05-17T08:40:27Z","timestamp":1779007227000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Genetic diversity of\n                    <i>Dermacentor nitens<\/i>\n                    (Acari: Ixodidae) collected on horses from western Cuba"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"63","author":[{"given":"Lisset","family":"Roblejo-Arias","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (CENSA), Carretera de Tapaste y Autopista Nacional, Mayabeque, Cuba"},{"name":"Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon, SK,","place":["Canada"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7743-7794","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adrian A","family":"Diaz-S\u00e1nchez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (CENSA), Carretera de Tapaste y Autopista Nacional, Mayabeque, Cuba"},{"name":"Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon, SK,","place":["Canada"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Roxana","family":"Marrero-Perera","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (CENSA), Carretera de Tapaste y Autopista Nacional, Mayabeque, Cuba"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Evelyn","family":"Lobo-Rivero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (CENSA), Carretera de Tapaste y Autopista Nacional, Mayabeque, Cuba"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2302-5361","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Belkis","family":"Corona-Gonz\u00e1lez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (CENSA), Carretera de Tapaste y Autopista Nacional, Mayabeque, Cuba"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3928-1351","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Neil B","family":"Chilton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon, SK,","place":["Canada"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026051704402212900_tjag059-B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"164","DOI":"10.1016\/j.meegid.2014.11.008","article-title":"Thirty years of tick population genetics: a comprehensive review","volume":"29","author":"Araya-Anchetta","year":"2015","journal-title":"Infect. 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