Genetic variation in the 16S mitochondrial DNA gene of two canadian populations of Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 475-481

  Patterson, Edward I ^a   Dergousoff, Shaun J ^a   Chilton, Neil B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

16S mtDNA; Dermacentor andersoni; Genetic variation; Rocky mountain wood tick; Single strand conformation polymorphism

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMACENTOR; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; CANADA; DERMACENTOR; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACARI; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 67650165348     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0310     Document Type: Article

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