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| Author(s): |
Jonas Moraes Filho
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2010-02-26 |
| Examining board members: |
Marcelo Bahia Labruna;
Arlei Marcili;
Rodrigo Martins Soares
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| Advisor: | Marcelo Bahia Labruna |
| Abstract | |
Among the genus Rhipicephalus, there is the sanguineus complex composed by many species of distribution restricted to the Old World. It has been considered that Rhipicephalus sanguineus is the only species from this complex to be present in the New World. Due to the high similarity between the sanguineus complex species, it is possible that more than one species is present in the Americas, as suggested by recent papers. The present study performed a genetic evaluation based on 16S rDNA mitochondrial gene sequences of ticks representative 26 R. sanguineus populations from South America, one from: Italy, Spain, South Africa, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico. Additionally, Rhipicephalus turanicus ticks from South Africa and Spain were also used. The results confirm the existence of genetically distinct populations of the \"sanguineus\" complex in the Americas (AU) | |