Worldwide host associations of the tick genus Ixodes suggest relationships based on environmental sharing rather than on co-phylogenetic events

This study aims to capture how ticks of the genus Ixodes gained their hosts using network constructs. We propose two alternative hypotheses, namely, an ecological background (ticks and hosts sharing environmentally available conditions) and a phylogenetic one, in which both partners co-evolved, adap...

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Main Authors: Estrada-Peña, Agustin, Guglielmone, Alberto, Nava, Santiago
Format: info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
Language:Inglés
Published: BioMed Central 2023
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14108
https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-022-05641-9
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05641-9

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