The sympatric occurrence of two genetically divergent lineages of sucking louse, Polyplax arvicanthis (Phthiraptera: Anoplura), on the four-striped mouse genus, Rhabdomys (Rodentia: Muridae)

Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 604-616

  Du Toit, Nina ^a   Matthee, Sonja ^a   Matthee, Conrad A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

allopatric speciation; Anoplura; molecular phylogeny; parasite duplication; Polyplax; Rhabdomys; Rodentia; sympatry

Indexed keywords

RNA 12S; RNA 16S;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HOST; HOST RANGE; LOUSE; MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYPLAX ARVICANTHIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SYMPATRY;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; LICE INFESTATIONS; MURIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; PHYLOGENY; RODENT DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84875153365     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118201200217X     Document Type: Article

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