Phylogenetic status and matrilineal structure of the biting midge, Culicoides imicola, in Portugal, Rhodes and Israel

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 379-387

  Dallas, J F ^a,i   Cruickshank, R H ^a   Linton, Y M ^a,b   Nolan, D V ^a   Patakakis, M ^c   Braverman, Y ^d   Capela, R ^e   Capela, M ^e   Pena, I ^e   Meiswinkel, R ^f   Ortega, M D ^g   Baylis, M ^h   Mellor, P S ^h   Mordue, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Agriculture Athens   (Greece)

^d KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^f ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^g JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^h INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Zoology Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African horse sickness; Bluetongue; Culicoides imicola; Cytochrome oxidase I gene; Europe; Israel; mtDNA; Portugal; Rhodes

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DISEASE VECTOR; FLY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; GREECE; HAPLOTYPE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISRAEL; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GREECE; HAPLOTYPES; HORSES; INSECT VECTORS; ISRAEL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; SHEEP; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; ASIA; DODECANESE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; PORTUGAL; RHODES; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; DIPTERA; EQUUS CABALLUS; INSECTA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 11144354995     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2003.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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