DNA Sequence Variation in Dermacentor hunteri and Estimated Phylogenies of Dermacentor spp. (Acari: Ixodidae) in the New World

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-288

  Crosbie, Paul R ^a   Boyce, Walter M ^a   Rodwell, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermacentor; Mitochondrial 16S rDNA; New World; Phytogeny

Indexed keywords

ACARI; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR ALBIPICTUS; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; DERMACENTOR HUNTERI; DERMACENTOR IMITANS; DERMACENTOR OCCIDENTALIS; DERMACENTOR PARUMAPERTUS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODIDAE;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; DERMACENTOR; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MEXICO; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DERMACENTOR; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MALE; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032059828     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.3.277     Document Type: Article

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