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Phylogeography of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato and its relationships with climatic factors.
Experimental & applied acarology - 1 Jun 2016
Zemtsova Galina E, Apanaskevich Dmitry A, Reeves Will K, Hahn Micah, Snellgrove Alyssa, Levin Michael L
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Brown dog ticks morphologically identifiable as Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato, are distributed world-wide and their systematics is controversial. Results of genetic and reproductive compatibility studies of geographically distinct populations of R. sanguineus s.l. indicate that the R. sanguineus complex is paraphyletic. To further elucidate systematic relationships within R. sanguineus s.l. and geographic...
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