Multi-locus genotyping reveals absence of genetic structure in field populations of the brown ear tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus) in Kenya

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 26-35

  Kanduma, Esther G ^a,b   Mwacharo, Joram M ^c,d   Mwaura, Stephen ^e   Njuguna, Joyce N ^a   Nzuki, Inosters ^a   Kinyanjui, Peter W ^b   Githaka, Naftaly ^e   Heyne, Heloise ^f   Hanotte, Olivier ^c   Skilton, Robert A ^a,g   Bishop, Richard P ^e  

^a International Livestock Research Institute   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^e INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^g INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

ECF; EST SSR; Genetic diversity; Microsatellites; Minisatellites; Theileria parva

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOVINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAZING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; WILDLIFE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; GENETICS; RHIPICEPHALUS;

ALLELES; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; KENYA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 84947495451     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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