Spatio-temporal population genetic structure of the parasitic mite Spinturnix bechsteini is shaped by its own demography and the social system of its bat host

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 3581-3592

  Bruyndonckx, Nadia ^a   Henry, Isabelle ^a   Christe, Philippe ^a   Kerth, Gerald ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co evolution; Mating system; Myotis bechsteinii; Social organisation; Transmission

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MITES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACARI; MYOTIS BECHSTEINI; SPINTURNIX BECHSTEINI;

EID: 69049095030     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04299.x     Document Type: Article

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