Genetic variation in Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) from Zambia: Correlating genetic and ecological variation with Rhipicephalus appendiculatus from eastern and southern Africa

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-175

  Mtambo, Jupiter ^a,b   Madder, Maxime ^b   Bortel, Wim Van ^b   Geysen, Dirk ^b   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

12S rDNA; COI; Geographic genetic differentiation; ITS2; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMOROS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RHIPICEPHALUS; RWANDA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMOROS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; PHYLOGENY; RHIPICEPHALUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RWANDA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 40949141987     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2007)32[168:GVIRAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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