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Population genetic structure of Ixodes pacificus (Acari:Ixodidae) using allozymes.
Journal of medical entomology - 1 Jul 1997
Kain D E, Sperling F A, Lane R S
Abstract excerpt
Genetic analysis of the population structure of the western blacklegged tick, Ixodes pacificus Cooley & Kohls, was conducted using allozymes. This vector tick transmits the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson, Schmid, Hyde, Steigerwalt & Brenner, in the far-western United States. It ranges from British Columbia to Baja California and disjunct populations are present in Oregon, Nevada, Utah, and...
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