Genetic variation in 12S and 16S mitochondrial rDNA genes of four geographically isolated populations of gulf coast ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 482-489

  Ketchum, H R ^a   Teel, P D ^a   Coates, C J ^a   Strey, O F ^a   Longnecker, M T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma maculatum; Gulf coast tick; Mitochondrial 16s rDNA; Population genetics, single strand conformation polymorphism

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; PHYLOGENY; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; IXODIDAE; KANSAS; OKLAHOMA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEXAS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 67650103152     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0311     Document Type: Article

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