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Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Norway – genetically distinct population from continental Europe

Type of publication
Tezės kitame recenzuojamame leidinyje / Theses in other peer-reviewed publication (T1e)
Author(s)
AuthorAffiliation
Galdikaitė, Eglė 
Biologijos katedra / Department of Biology 
LT
Paulauskas, Algimantas 
Biologijos katedra / Department of Biology 
LT
Radzijevskaja, Jana 
Biologijos katedra / Department of Biology 
LT
Slettant, Audun
University of Agder, Norway
Title
Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Norway – genetically distinct population from continental Europe
[en]
Is part of
German society for parasitology : 27th annual meeting, 9–12 March 2016, Göttingen, Germany : program and abstracts. Göttingen : University of Göttingen, 2016
Date Issued
Date
2016
Publisher
Göttingen : University of Göttingen, 2016
Extent
p. 151-151
URI
URI
http://www.parasitology-meeting.de/
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12259/53287
Area of Science
Field of Science
Keywords (en)
Abstract (en)

Ixodes ricinus tick is the most widely spread tick species in Europe and is involved in the transmission of a number of diseases to animals and humans. The application of molecular markers to the study of ticks has recently yielded new insights into their population structures and taxonomic relationships. Ticks were collected from costal area of Southern Norway from rodents and vegetation. Genetic diversity among I. ricinus tick larvae have been investigated using sequence analysis of mitochondrial DNA control region, 16S rRNA and cytb genes and combined with sequences available from GenBank. Although the overall level of nucleotide diversity was low, investigated populations of I. ricinus showed considerable haplotype diversity. Phylogenetic analysis according to cytb and 16S rRNA genes did not show significant differences in the genetic structure among investigated European populations of I.ricinus. However control region clearly demonstrate that I. ricinus ticks from Baltic countries and Norway form distinct populations.

Type of document
type::text::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper
Language
Anglų / English (en)
Coverage Spatial
Vokietija / Germany (DE)
Other Identifier(s)
VDU02-000020413