title: RNAseq of Ornithodoros turicata: unfed male
design: Whole tick was extracted using Direct-Zol Miniprep Plus kit (Zymo). PolyA RNA was selected using NEXTFLEX Poly(A) Beads 2.0. The polyA selected RNA was sequenced on an Illumina NovaSeq 6000 using the Perkin Elmer NEXTFLEX Rapid Directional RNA-seq kit 2.0.