Reduced variation among northern deer tick populations at an autosomal microsatellite locus

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-235

  Rosenthal, Benjamin M ^a,b   Spielman, Andrew ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dammini; Ixodes; Lyme disease; Microsatellite; Scapularis; Ticks

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; TICK; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DEER; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS); ZOONOSES;

ACARI; CERVIDAE; IXODES; IXODES DAMMINI; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 14744303599     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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