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Variations in the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene indicate northward expanding populations of Culicoides imicola in Spain.
Bulletin of entomological research - 1 Dec 2009
Calvo J H, Calvete C, Martinez-Royo A, Estrada R, Miranda M A, Borras D, Sarto I Monteys V, Pages N, Delgado J A, Collantes F, Lucientes J
Abstract excerpt
Culicoides imicola is the main vector for bluetongue (BT) and African horse sickness (AHS) viruses in the Mediterranean basin and in southern Europe. In this study, we analysed partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene to characterize and confirm population expansion of Culicoides imicola across Spain. The data were analysed at two hierarchical levels to test the relationship between C....
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