Phylogenetic analyses of the rhipicephaline ticks indicate that the genus Rhipicephalus is paraphyletic

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Murrell, Anna ^a   Campbell, Nicholas J H ^a   Barker, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

12S; COI; Incongruence length difference; Ixodidae; Partitioned Bremer support; Phylogeny; Rhipicephalinae

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; PARAPHYLY; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL RNA; TICK;

ACARI; BOOPHILUS; DERMACENTOR; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI; RHIPICEPHALUS PRAVUS;

EID: 0033911511     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2000.0762     Document Type: Article

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