Natural hybridization between Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus ticks evidenced by molecular genetics methods

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 113-118

  Kovalev, S Y ^a   Golovljova, I V ^b   Mukhacheva, T A ^a  

^a URAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Hybrids; Introgression; Ixodes persulcatus; Ixodes ricinus; RT PCR; Sympatric zone; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GENETIC MARKER; SPACER DNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; MATING; MICROHABITAT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NATURAL HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; IXODES; LATVIA; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; DNA, INTERGENIC; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKERS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; IXODES; LATVIA; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA;

EID: 84947487084     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.09.005     Document Type: Article

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