The integration of multiple independent data reveals an unusual response to Pleistocene climatic changes in the hard tick Ixodes ricinus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1666-1682

  Porretta, Daniele ^a   Mastrantonio, Valentina ^b   Mona, Stefano ^c,d   Epis, Sara ^e,f   Montagna, Matteo ^e   Sassera, Davide ^e   Bandi, Claudio ^e   Urbanelli, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

ice ages; parasites; phylogeography; species distribution modelling; Western Palaearctic

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; IXODES; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; IXODES; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 84875226110     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12203     Document Type: Article

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