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Mitochondrial Sequence Variation in Carios capensis (Neumann), a Parasite of Seabirds, Collected on Torishima Island in Japan
1 Feb 2003
Abstract excerpt
Partial mitochondrial 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid gene sequences in the ticks Carios capensis collected from black-footed albatross. Diomedea nigripes, colonies on Torishima Island, Japan (30 degrees 28'N, 140 degrees 18'E), were examined. The sequence was compared with those of C. capensis from Hawaii, South Carolina, and Texas. The sequences were all identical in ticks from Torishima and 2 from Hawaii. There...
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