Phylogeny, evolution and historical zoogeography of ticks: A review of recent progress

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 55-68

  Barker, Stephen C ^a   Murrell, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution; Ixodida; Phylogeny; Ticks

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; TICK; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; TICK;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; IXODIDAE; PHYLOGENY; TERMINOLOGY;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; APONOMMA; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS ANNULATUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOTHRIOCROTON; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; REPTILIA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 0141792694     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025333830086     Document Type: Conference Paper

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