1. Genetic structure in ixodid ticks from Kangaroo Island and the South Australia mainland.
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Chapman, Thomas W., Marando, Leslee, Oorebeek, Margot, and Kleindorfer, Sonia
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IXODIDAE , *TICKS , *INSECT societies , *INVERTEBRATES , *FOREST insects , *GENETICS , *TRANSFER RNA , *NESTED clade analysis , *ISLANDS - Abstract
We describe here a molecular genetic study designed to elucidate the ability of an ixodid tick to move within their range as well as between species or hosts. A direct match from the contiguous regions of the small rRNA subunit, control region #1, tRNA-Ile, tRNA-Gln and tRNA-Met of the population studied here with previously published sequence suggests that the species is likely Ixodes hirsti. Phylogenetic analysis of tick haplotypes showed no evidence for bird-host specialisation, and a nested clade analysis indicated a high degree of migration between our three collection sites (two sites on Kangaroo Island, and one site on mainland South Australia). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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