Identifying the last supper: Utility of the DNA barcode library for bloodmeal identification in ticks

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 646-652

  Gariepy, T D ^a   Lindsay, R ^b   Ogden, N ^c   Gregory, T R ^d  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bloodmeal; DNA Barcode; Ixodes scapularis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA BARCODING; DNA SEQUENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE VECTOR; TICK; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BLOOD; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICKS; VERTEBRATES;

ARTHROPODA; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84862184363     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2012.03140.x     Document Type: Article

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