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Genetic variation within the ticks Ixodes holocyclus and Ixodes cornuatus from south-eastern Australia.
International journal for parasitology - 1 Oct 2000
Jackson J, Chilton N B, Beveridge I, Morris M, Andrews R H
Abstract excerpt
Ticks from mainland Australia (Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland) and Tasmania, identified morphologically as either Ixodes holocyclus or Ixodes cornuatus, were compared genetically using 24 enzyme loci. The results showed that ticks from three localities in Victoria were genetically similar to I. cornuatus in Tasmania, but both groups had fixed genetic differences at >45% of loci compared with other ticks...
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