Phylogeny of the Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) Inferred from 18S rRNA Indicates That the GenusAponommaIs Paraphyletic

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 288-295

  Dobson, Susan J ^a   Barker, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Acari; evolution; Ixodida; Ixodidae; phylogeny; ticks

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; IXODES; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TICK;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; IXODES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; TICKS;

EID: 0033091946     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1998.0565     Document Type: Article

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