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Tick Reference Collection of the Late Dr. P.C. Morel
Author(s) -
DUCORNEZ S.,
GARINEWICHATITSKY M.,
BARRÉ N.,
UILENBERG G.,
CAMICAS J. L.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04399.x
Subject(s) - tick , host (biology) , preference , subject (documents) , biology , computer science , library science , ecology , mathematics , statistics
A bstract : Host preference of ticks is an important, but still controversial, subject. Recent developments in molecular biology provide new opportunities to test some hypotheses about host preference in a given environment if appropriate specimens are available. Since the unique collection gathered by Dr. P.C. Morel could help achieve this goal, we present an overview of the samples available in his collection.