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Population genetic structure of the tree-hole tick Ixodes arboricola (Acari: Ixodidae) at different spatial scales.
Heredity - 1 Nov 2014
Van Oosten A R, Heylen D J A, Jordaens K, Backeljau T, Matthysen E
Abstract excerpt
The endophilic tick Ixodes arboricola infests cavity-nesting birds, and its dispersal strongly depends on the movements of its host. Population genetic structure of I. arboricola was studied with seven polymorphic microsatellite markers. We collected 268 ticks from 76 nest boxes in four woodlots near Antwerp, Belgium. These nest boxes are mainly used by the principal hosts of I. arboricola, the great tit Parus...
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