The question of fluctuating asymmetry in the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-60

  Hutcheson, H Joel ^a   Oliver Jr , James H ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluctuating asymmetry; Lyme disease; Morphometrics; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BLACKLEGGED TICK; CLINAL VARIATION; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IXODES; MALE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE;

USA;

EID: 0031965463     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006085424796     Document Type: Article

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