List of issues > Series «Biology. Ecology». 2014. Vol. 8
Analysis of Nucleotide Sequences and Determination of Phylogenetic Relationships of Ticks Dermacentor silvarum
Author(s)
T. A. Bolotova, N. V. Kulakova, M. A. Khasnatinov, Yu. A. Verzhutskaya, E. I. Andaev, S. I. Belikov
Abstract
In this work we have presented the results of analysis of mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene and internal transcribed spacer ITS2 of ticks Dermacentor silvarum from Irkutsk region. The high genetic homogeneity was found among analyzed sequences of D. silvarum. It was shown from phylogenetic analysis that D. silvarum and D. nuttalli are close related species which could not be differentiated on the basis these molecular markers. We found that D. silvarum belonged to phylogenetic lineage that combined Euroasian species of Dermacentor where D. nuttalli and D. marginatus are most close related species.
Keywords
phylogeny of Dermacentor, Dermacentor silvarum, mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene, ITS2 region
UDC
595.421