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 Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 141 - 161
Main Authors:	Klompen, J S H, Black, W C, Keirans, J E, Oliver, J H
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Palo Alto, CA 94303-0139 Annual Reviews 01-01-1996 4139 El Camino Way, P.O. Box 10139 USA
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 Parasitiformes Host parasite relation Taxonomy Biological evolution Host specificity Biogeography Chemotaxonomy Review Phylogeny Coevolution Arachnida Acari Ixodida Arthropoda Ectoparasite Invertebrata
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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.
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ISSN:	0066-4170 1545-4487
DOI:	10.1146/annurev.en.41.010196.001041