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High phylogenetic diversity of the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) at two mitochondrial DNA markers.
Medical and veterinary entomology - 1 Sept 2014
Lawrence A L, Brown G K, Peters B, Spielman D S, Morin-Adeline V, Šlapeta J
Abstract excerpt
The cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) (Bouché), is the most common flea species found on cats and dogs worldwide. We investigated the genetic identity of the cosmopolitan subspecies C. felis felis and evaluated diversity of cat fleas from Australia, Fiji, Thailand and Seychelles using mtDNA sequences from cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox1) and II (cox2) genes. Both cox1 and cox2...
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