Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of kinship within host-associated populations of the symbiotic water mite Unionicola foili (Acari: Unionicolidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 67-77

  Edwards, Dale D ^a   Deatherage, Daniel E ^a   Ernsting, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinship; Random amplified polymorphic DNA; Unionicola foili

Indexed keywords

KINSHIP; SYMBIOSIS;

ACARI; HYDRACARINA; UNIONICOLA FOILI; UNIONICOLIDAE; UTTERBACKIA IMBECILLIS;

DNA; FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; DNA; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; INDIANA; MALE; MITES; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEASONS;

EID: 16644371438     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000044440.80795.48     Document Type: Article

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