Article
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...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Cluster Analysis
- Female
- Geography
- Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase
- Isoenzymes
- Ixodes
- Models, Genetic
- Northwestern United States
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Southwestern United States
