Geographic distributions and origins of human head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) based on mitochondrial data

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1275-1281

  Light, Jessica E ^a   Allen, Julie M ^a   Long, Lauren M ^a   Carter, Tamar E ^a   Barrow, Lisa ^a   Suren, Ganbold ^a,b   Raoult, Didier ^a,c   Reed, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b National Center of Forensic Medicine   (Mongolia)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LOUSE; MITOCHONDRION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EVOLUTION; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; PEDICULUS; PHYLOGENY;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

PEDICULUS HUMANUS CAPITIS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 58549107175     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1618.1     Document Type: Article

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