Phylogeography of Androctonus species (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in Tunisia: Diagnostic characters for linking species to scorpionism

Acta Tropica

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-85

  Ben Othmen, A ^a,b   Said, K ^a   Mahamdallie, S S ^b   Testa, J M ^b   Haouas, Z ^a   Chatti, N ^a   Ready, P D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androctonus species; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography; Scorpions; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RNA; TAXONOMY;

ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; INSECT BITE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MONOPHYLY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOSPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORPION; SCORPIONISM; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARACHNIDA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TUNISIA;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

ANDROCTONUS; ANDROCTONUS AENEAS; ANDROCTONUS AMOREUXI; ANDROCTONUS AUSTRALIS; ANDROCTONUS AUSTRALIS GARZONII; ANDROCTONUS AUSTRALIS HECTOR; BUTHIDAE; SCORPIONES;

EID: 68249095192     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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