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Effects of tectonics and large scale climatic changes on the evolutionary history of Hyalomma ticks.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Sept 2017
Sands Arthur F, Apanaskevich Dmitry A, Matthee Sonja, Horak Ivan G, Harrison Alan, Karim Shahid, Mohammad Mohammad K, Mumcuoglu Kosta Y, Rajakaruna Rupika S, Santos-Silva Maria M, Matthee Conrad A
Abstract excerpt
Hyalomma Koch, 1844 are ixodid ticks that infest mammals, birds and reptiles, to which 27 recognized species occur across the Afrotropical, Palearctic and Oriental regions. Despite their medical and veterinary importance, the evolutionary history of the group is enigmatic. To investigate various taxonomic hypotheses based on morphology, and also some of the mechanisms involved in the diversification of the genus,...
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