Distinguishing species and populations of rhipicephaline ticks with its 2 ribosomal RNA

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 887-892

  Barker, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; KENYA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; INSECT VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; BOOPHILUS DECOLORATUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; HEXAPODA; PROTOZOA; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS CAMICASI; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI; RHIPICEPHALUS PUMILIO; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ZAMBEZIENSIS;

EID: 0031794890     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284614     Document Type: Article

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