Molecular genetic key for the identification of 17 Ixodes species of the United States (Acari: Ixodidae): A methods model

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 623-629

  Poucher, Kara L ^a   Hutcheson, H Joel ^a   Keirans, James E ^a,b   Durden, Lance A ^a,b   Black IV, William C ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ENZYME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MITE; TAXONOMY;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; IXODES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032837819     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285734     Document Type: Article

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