Evolution of Ticks

Evolution of Ticks

Evolutionary patterns in ticks have traditionally been cast in terms of host associations. Largely untested assumptions of cospeciation and observations of current host associations are used to estimate the age of different taxa. Several recent phylogenetic studies of supraspecific relationships in...

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Published in:Annual review of entomology 1996-01, Vol.41 (1), p.141-161
Main Authors: Klompen, J S H, Black, W C, Keirans, J E, Oliver, J H
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Animals
Arachnida
BIOGEOGRAFIA
BIOGEOGRAPHIE
BIOGEOGRAPHY
Biological and medical sciences
Biological Evolution
CHEMOTAXONOMY
CHIMIOTAXONOMIE
EVOLUCION
EVOLUTION
FILOGENIA
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
HOST PARASITE RELATIONS
HOST SPECIFICITY
Humans
Invertebrates
METASTIGMATA
MORPHOLOGY
NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE
PHYLOGENIE
PHYLOGENY
QUIMIOTAXONOMIA
RELACIONES HUESPED PARASITO
RELATION HOTE PARASITE
REVIEWS
SECUENCIA NUCLEOTIDICA
SEQUENCE NUCLEOTIDIQUE
SPECIATION
Systematics. Geographical distribution
TAXONOMIA
TAXONOMIE
TAXONOMY
Ticks - classification
ZOOGEOGRAPHY
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Summary:Evolutionary patterns in ticks have traditionally been cast in terms of host associations. Largely untested assumptions of cospeciation and observations of current host associations are used to estimate the age of different taxa. Several recent phylogenetic studies of supraspecific relationships in ticks, based on both morphological and DNA-sequence data, allow the first rigorous testing of these assumptions. Reanalysis of patterns of tick-host associations suggests that the perception of host specificity in ticks may be an artifact of incomplete sampling. An analysis of tick-host and -habitat associations and biogeographical patterns, in the context of the newly derived phylogenies, suggests that much of the existing host-association patterns may be explained as artifacts of biogeography and ecological specificity.
ISSN:0066-4170
1545-4487