Molecular phylogeny of soft ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) inferred from mitochondrial genome and nuclear rRNA sequences

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 195-207

  Burger, Thomas D ^a   Shao, Renfu ^b   Labruna, Marcelo B ^c   Barker, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Argasidae; Carios; Mitochondrial genomes; Ornithodoros; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; NUCLEAR RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ALECTOROBIUS; ANTRICOLA; ARGASIDAE; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; IXODIDAE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; NOTHOASPIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORNITHODOROS; ORNITHODOROS BRASILIENSIS; ORNITHODOROS CAPENSIS; ORNITHODOROS FONSECAI; ORNITHODOROS MARINKELLEI; ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA; ORNITHODOROS PORCINUS; ORNITHODOROS ROSTRATUS; ORNITHODOROS SAVIGNYI; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUBPARMATUS; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

ANTRICOLA; ARGAS; ARGASIDAE; CARIOS; IXODIDA; ORNITHODORINAE; ORNITHODOROS; ORNITHODOROS SAVIGNYI;

18S RRNA; ARGASIDAE; CARIOS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOMES; ORNITHODOROS; PHYLOGENY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ARGASIDAE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 84892896615     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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