Phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene of five species of the Culicoides imicola species complex

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-146

  Linton, Y M ^a   Mordue, A J ^a   Cruickshank, R H ^a   Meiswinkel, R ^a   Mellor, P S ^a   Dallas, J F ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African horse sickness; AT transversion bias; Blue tongue virus; Culicoides imicola; Cytochrome oxidase; mtDNA; South Africa; Species complex

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HAPLOTYPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES BOLITINOS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES KWAGGA; CULICOIDES LOXODONTIS; CULICOIDES TUTTIFRUTTI; DIPTERA; EQUUS CABALLUS; IMICOLA SPECIES COMPLEX; INSECTA;

EID: 0036284017     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2002.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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