Mitochondrial sequence variation in Carios capensis (Neumann), a parasite of seabirds, collected on Torishima Island in Japan

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 196-198

  Ushijima, Y ^a   Oliver Jr , J H ^b   Keirans, J E ^b   Tsurumi, M ^c   Kawabata, H ^d   Watanabe, H ^d   Fukunaga, M ^a  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Yamashina Institute of Ornithology   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEABIRD; TICK;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARIOS CAPENSIS; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE SEQUENCE; INFESTATION; JAPAN; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; SEABIRD; SPECIES; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARGASIDAE; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TICK INFESTATIONS;

JAPAN;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARGASIDAE; CARIOS; CARIOS CAPENSIS; DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA NIGRIPES; HAWAIIA; ORNITHODOROS;

EID: 0037325718     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0196:MSVICC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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