Evolution of the secondary structure of the rRNA internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) in hard ticks (Ixodidae, Arthropoda)

Heredity

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 275-279

  Hlinka, O ^a   Murrell, A ^a   Barker, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

ITS2; Ixodida; Ribosomal RNA; RRNA; Secondary structure; Ticks

Indexed keywords

SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; APONOMMA; APONOMMA CONCOLOR; ARTHROPODA; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS HUMEROSA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TICKS;

EID: 85047682117     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800040     Document Type: Article

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