Comparative analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear genetic markers for the molecular identification of Rhipicephalus spp.

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue , 2013, Pages 422-427

  Latrofa, Maria S ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,b   Annoscia, Giada ^a   Cantacessi, Cinzia ^c   Otranto, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

12S; 16S; Cox1; ITS 2; Phylogeny; Rhipicephalus spp.

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

12S GENE; 16S GENE; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COX1 GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RHIPICEPHALUS GUILHONI; RHIPICEPHALUS MUHSAMAE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ACARI; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RHIPICEPHALUS GUILHONI; RHIPICEPHALUS MUHSAMAE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS;

12S; 16S; COX1; ITS-2; PHYLOGENY; RHIPICEPHALUS SPP.;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENETIC MARKERS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RHIPICEPHALUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84886815236     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.09.027     Document Type: Article

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