Further evidence for geographic differentiation in R. appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) from Eastern and Southern provinces of Zambia

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 129-138

  Mtambo, Jupiter ^a,b   Madder, Maxime ^b   Van Bortel, Wim ^b   Chaka, George ^a   Berkvens, Dirk ^b   Backeljau, Thierry ^c,d  

^a Department of Veterinary and Livestock Development ^*  (Zambia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

COI; Geographic differentiation; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Zambia

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BODY SIZE; DIAPAUSE; DISEASE VECTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETICS; TICK; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA; IXODIDAE; ZAMBIA;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

ACARI; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS;

EID: 33947526477     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-007-9049-2     Document Type: Article

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