Molecular phylogeny of 42 species of Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from three continents

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Volumn 24, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Augot, Denis ^a   Mathieu, Bruno ^b   Hadj Henni, Leila ^a   Barriel, Véronique ^c   Zapata Mena, Sonia ^d   Smolis, Sylvia ^a   Slama, Darine ^e   Randrianambinintsoa, Fano José ^f   Trueba, Gabriel ^d   Kaltenbach, Matthieu ^a   Rahola, Nil ^g,h   Depaquit, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

Author keywords

28S; COI; Culicoides spp.; Ecuador; France; Gabon; Madagascar; Phylogeny; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 28S;

AFRICA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ASIA; BAYES THEOREM; BLUETONGUE; BUNYAVIRUS INFECTION; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; GENETICS; INSECT VECTOR; PHYLOGENY; TRANSMISSION; WING;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA; BAYES THEOREM; BLUETONGUE; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUROPE; INSECT VECTORS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; WINGS, ANIMAL;

EID: 85021366028     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: 17761042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2017020     Document Type: Article

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