The absence of concordant population genetic structure in the black-tailed prairie dog and the flea, Oropsylla hirsuta, with implications for the spread of Yersinia pestis

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2038-2049

  Jones, Philip H ^a   Britten, Hugh B ^a  

^a University of South Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynomys ludovicianus; Ectoparasite; Host; Plague; Vector; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; FLEA; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PLAGUE; POPULATION GENETICS; RODENT DISEASE; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; FLEAS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTANA; PLAGUE; RODENT DISEASES; SCIURIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; MAMMALIA; OROPSYLLA; PULICIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 77952000420     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04634.x     Document Type: Article

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