Article
Genetic evidence suggests that Psoroptes isolates of different phenotypes, hosts and geographic origins are conspecific.
International journal for parasitology - 1 Nov 1998
Zahler M, Essig A, Gothe R, Rinder H
Abstract excerpt
The second internal transcribed spacer of the rRNA gene was characterised in 15 Psoroptes isolates collected from the ears or bodies of rabbits, goats, sheep and cattle originating from four continents. Morphologically, the isolates were differentiated as Psoroptes cuniculi, Psoroptes ovis and Ps...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Belgium
- Cattle
- Consensus Sequence
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Ear, External
- Europe
- Evolution, Molecular
- Geography
- Goats
- Host-Parasite Interactions
- Mites
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- Rabbits
- Sequence Alignment