Quantitative PCR-based genome size estimation of the astigmatid mites Sarcoptes scabiei, Psoroptes ovis and Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mounsey, Kate E ^a,b   Willis, Charlene ^a   Burgess, Stewart T G ^c   Holt, Deborah C ^d   McCarthy, James ^a,e   Fischer, Katja ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; genome size; Psoroptes ovis; Sarcoptes scabiei

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; ELONGATION FACTOR 3; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DNA EXTRACTION; GENOME SIZE; INSECT CELL; INSECT GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSOROPTES OVIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SARCOPTES SCABIEI;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOME SIZE; HUMANS; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; PSOROPTIDAE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; PSOROPTES OVIS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI;

EID: 84855283969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-3     Document Type: Article

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