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Phylogeography of the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) throughout the USA identifies candidate loci for differences in vectorial capacity by Julia C. Frederick; Alec T. Thompson; Prisha Sharma; Guha Dharmarajan; Isobel Ronai; Risa Pesapane; Ryan C. Smith; Kellee D. Sundstrom; Jean I. Tsao; Holly C. Tuten; Michael J. Yabsley; Travis C. Glenn is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
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The blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis (Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1821, 2, 59)) is a vector of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (s.s.) (International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1984, 34, 496), the causative bacterial agent of Lyme disease, part of a slow-moving epidemic of Lyme borreliosis spreading across the northern hemisphere. Well-known geographical differences in the vectorial capacity of these ticks are associated with genetic variation. Despite the need for detailed genetic information in this disease system, previous phylogeographical studies of these ticks have been restricted to relatively few populations or few genetic loci.Here we present the most comprehensive phylogeographical study of genome-wide markers in I. scapularis, conducted by using 3RAD (triple-enzyme restriction-site associated sequencing) and surveying 353 ticks from 33 counties throughout the species' range. We found limited genetic variation among populations from the Northeast and Upper Midwest, where Lyme disease is most common, and higher genetic variation
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- Author
- Julia C. Frederick; Alec T. Thompson; Prisha Sharma; Guha Dharmarajan; Isobel Ronai; Risa Pesapane; Ryan C. Smith; Kellee D. Sundstrom; Jean I. Tsao; Holly C. Tuten; Michael J. Yabsley; Travis C. Glenn
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)