Cuticular hydrocarbon composition, phenotypic variability, and geographic relationships in allopatric populations of Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) from Africa and the Caribbean.

doi:10.1093/jmedent/31.4.534

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Cuticular hydrocarbon composition, phenotypic variability, and geographic relationships in allopatric populations of Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) from Africa and the Caribbean.

Journal of medical entomology - 1 Jul 1994

Estrada-Peña A, Castellá J, Morel P C

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Gas chromatography of cuticular hydrocarbons is used to determine the degree of genetic similarity and heterozygosity among 20 populations of Amblyomma variegatum (F.) collected from Africa and the Caribbean. Twenty-one compounds were detected in at least 90% of the specimens studied; another 57...

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Africa
Animals
Caribbean Region
Flame Ionization
Hydrocarbons
Phenotype
Population Dynamics
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