Evidence for the reproductive isolation of Dermacentor marginatus and Dermacentor reticulatus (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks based on cross-breeding, morphology and molecular studies

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 685-696

  Zahler, M ^a   Gothe, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross breeding; Dermacentor marginatus; Dermacentor reticulatus; Internal transcribed spacer; Nested PCR; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CROSS-BREEDING EXPERIMENT; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; TICK;

ACARI; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0031260406     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02803511     Document Type: Article

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