Distinguishing species and populations of rhipicephaline ticks with its 2 ribosomal RNA.

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Distinguishing species and populations of rhipicephaline ticks with its 2 ribosomal RNA.

The Journal of parasitology - 1 Oct 1998

Barker S C

Abstract excerpt

Most populations and some species of ticks of the genera Boophilus (5 spp.) and Rhipicephalus (ca. 75 spp.) cannot be distinguished phenotypically. Moreover, there is doubt about the validity of species in these genera. I studied the entire second internal transcribed spacer (ITS 2) rRNA of 16 po...

Topics

Animals
Animals, Domestic
Base Sequence
Consensus Sequence
Genetic Variation
Insect Vectors
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal
Sequence Alignment
Tick Infestations
Ticks

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