Lack of genetic structure among Eurasian populations of the tick Ixodes ricinus contrasts with marked divergence from north-African populations

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-192

  Noureddine, R ^a   Chauvin, A ^b   Plantard, O ^a  

^a Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in Animal Health   (France)

^b LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Mitochondrial genes; Nuclear genes; Phylogeography; Population structure; Western Palearctic

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PALEARCTIC REGION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; TICK;

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; IXODES RICINUS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANIMALS; ASIA; CHROMOSOMES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EURASIA;

ANIMALIA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 79151482558     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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