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Population Genetics and Phylogeography ofIxodes scapularis1from Canines and Deer in Arkansas
2009-09-01
Abstract excerpt
The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say, is the principal vector of Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson, Schmid, Hyde, Steigerwalt & Brenner east of the Rocky Mountains. The population genetic structure was determined using DNA sequences of a 253-bp region of the mitochondrial DNA rRNA 16S gene from 46 blacklegged ticks collected from canines, Canis lupus familiaris L., and white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus (...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a4496b62-1344-5817-82e0-2be1c2395990
- DOI
- 10.3958/059.034.0308
