Discrimination between Haemaphysalis longicornis and H. qinghaiensis based on the partial 16S rDNA and the second internal transcribed spacer (ITS-2)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-172

  Tian, Zhancheng ^a   Liu, Guangyuan ^a   Xie, Junren ^a   Yin, Hong ^a   Luo, Jianxun ^a   Zhang, Liyan ^a   Zhang, Ping ^a   Luo, Jin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Discrimination; Haemaphysalis longicornis; Haemaphysalis qinghaiensis; PCR RFLP; Phylogenetics; Second internal transcribed spacer

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TICK;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENETIC MARKERS; IXODIDAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CHINA;

HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS QINGHAIENSIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 79955548489     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-010-9423-3     Document Type: Article

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