Molecular characterisation of the tick Rhipicephalus microplus in Malaysia: New insights into the cryptic diversity and distinct genetic assemblages throughout the world

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Low, Van Lun ^a   Tay, Sun Tee ^b   Kho, Kai Ling ^b   Koh, Fui Xian ^b   Tan, Tiong Kai ^b   Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian ^b   Ong, Bee Lee ^c   Panchadcharam, Chandrawathani ^d   Norma Rashid, Yusoff ^a   Sofian Azirun, Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA KELANTAN   (Malaysia)

^d VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA Gene; Cattle Tick; COI Gene; Malaysia; Rhipicephalus microplus

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

16S RRNA GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COI GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISPERSAL; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) MICROPLUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ANNULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS AUSTRALIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; INDIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TICK INFESTATION; VETERINARY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ANNULATUS;

AMERICAS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHINA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RHIPICEPHALUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84933521558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0956-5     Document Type: Article

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