Nuclear Markers Reveal Predominantly North to South Gene Flow in Ixodes scapularis, the Tick Vector of the Lyme Disease Spirochete

Ixodes scapularis, the tick vector of the Lyme disease spirochete, is distributed over most of the eastern United States, but >80% of all Lyme disease cases occur in the northeast. The role that genetic differences between northern and southern tick populations play in explaining this disparate d...

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Autores principales: Van Zee, Janice, Piesman, Joseph F., Hojgaard, Andrias, Black IV, William Cormack
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4633295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26536360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139630

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4633295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26536360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139630

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