Sequence variation of the ribosomal DNA second internal transcribed spacer region in two spatially distinct populations of Amblyomma americanum (L.) (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 260-263

  Reichard, M V ^a   Kocan, A A ^a   Van Den Bussche, R A ^a   Barker, R W ^a   Wyckoff III, J H ^a   Ewing, S A ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME DNA;

DNA; PARASITE;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EGG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IXODES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TICK;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; IXODIDAE;

EID: 19944393545     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-292R1     Document Type: Article

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