Interspecific and geographical variation in the sequence of rDNA expansion segment D3 of ixodes ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

Heredity

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 234-242

  Mclain, D K ^a   Li, J ^a   Oliver J H , Jr ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concerted evolution; D3; Expansion segment; Genetic structure; rDNA; Tick

Indexed keywords

DNA CONFORMATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; EURASIA; EUROPE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; RIBOSOME DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACARI; HEXAPODA; IXODES; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034977865     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2001.00835.x     Document Type: Article

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