The use of the nuclear protein-encoding gene, RNA polymerase II, for tick molecular systematics

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 69-75

  Fang, Quentin ^a   Keirans, James E ^a   Mixson, Tonya ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nuclear protein encoding gene; Phylogenetic analysis; Tick phylogeny; Tick systematics

Indexed keywords

PHYLOGENETICS; TICK;

ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICKS;

ACARI; ARGASIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141792693     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025389914156     Document Type: Article

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