Genetic analysis of ticks belonging to the Rhipicephalus sanguineus group in Latin America

Acta Tropica

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-55

  Moraes Filho, Jonas ^a   Marcili, Arlei ^a   Nieri Bastos, Fernanda A ^a   Richtzenhain, Leonardo J ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeny; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rhipicephalus turanicus

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; TICK;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; INSECT GENETICS; ITALY; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPAIN; TAXONOMY; TICK;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; LATIN AMERICA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ITALY; LATIN AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPAIN;

IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS;

EID: 78049463429     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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