Mitochondrial DNA analysis of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Southern Cone of South America

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 190, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 547-555

  Nava, Santiago ^a,b   Mastropaolo, Mariano ^c   Venzal, José M ^d   Mangold, Atilio J ^a,b   Guglielmone, Alberto A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

12S rDNA; 16S rDNA; Genetic analysis; Rhipicepahlus sanguineus sensu lato; South America

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

12S RDNA GENE; 16S RDNA GENE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILE; CLADISTICS; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FRANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; ITALY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAGUAY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACARI; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 84868206713     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.06.032     Document Type: Article

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