Ixodes ricinus is a hematophagous arthropod considered as one of the main vector of human infectious diseases in Europe. Higher minimum temperatures and earlier spring permit the tick and so tick-borne disease to expand towards higher altitude and latitude. Little is know about the genetics of this vector. In this research we are focusing on a little geographical area (province of Trento, northern Italy) in which questing and feeding ticks will be collected and then analysed using the RAD-seq technology and the classical population genetics inference. A better knowledge of genetic features of tick populations and the analysis of the relation between vector and different host-species, exploited to obtain the blood-meal, will allow us to improve the understanding and the design of ecological models of vector-parasite-host interactions

Collini, M.; Hauffe, H.C.; Rizzoli, A.; Vernesi, C.; Arnoldi, D.; Barakova, I.; Cornetti, L.; Crestanello, B.; Girardi, G.; Konecny, A.; Rossi, C.; Rosso, F.; Tagliapietra, V.; Albonico, F.; Mortarino, M. (2013). Population genetic of the wood tick Ixodes ricinus (acari: Ixodidae): new insight into dispersal capacity in relation to host movements: bloodmeal analysis in questing ticks: application of High Resolution Melting (HRM). In: EDENext Annual Meeting, Bellaterra, Spain, March 18-22, 2013. handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/23151

Population genetic of the wood tick Ixodes ricinus (acari: Ixodidae): new insight into dispersal capacity in relation to host movements: bloodmeal analysis in questing ticks: application of High Resolution Melting (HRM)

Collini, Margherita;Hauffe, Heidi Christine;Rizzoli, Annapaola;Vernesi, Cristiano;Arnoldi, Daniele;Barakova, Ivana;Cornetti, Luca;Crestanello, Barbara;Konecny, Adam;Rossi, Chiara;Rosso, Fausta;Tagliapietra, Valentina;
2013-01-01

Abstract

Ixodes ricinus is a hematophagous arthropod considered as one of the main vector of human infectious diseases in Europe. Higher minimum temperatures and earlier spring permit the tick and so tick-borne disease to expand towards higher altitude and latitude. Little is know about the genetics of this vector. In this research we are focusing on a little geographical area (province of Trento, northern Italy) in which questing and feeding ticks will be collected and then analysed using the RAD-seq technology and the classical population genetics inference. A better knowledge of genetic features of tick populations and the analysis of the relation between vector and different host-species, exploited to obtain the blood-meal, will allow us to improve the understanding and the design of ecological models of vector-parasite-host interactions
Wood tick
HRM
Blood meal analysis
Dispersal
HRM
Zecche
2013
Collini, M.; Hauffe, H.C.; Rizzoli, A.; Vernesi, C.; Arnoldi, D.; Barakova, I.; Cornetti, L.; Crestanello, B.; Girardi, G.; Konecny, A.; Rossi, C.; Rosso, F.; Tagliapietra, V.; Albonico, F.; Mortarino, M. (2013). Population genetic of the wood tick Ixodes ricinus (acari: Ixodidae): new insight into dispersal capacity in relation to host movements: bloodmeal analysis in questing ticks: application of High Resolution Melting (HRM). In: EDENext Annual Meeting, Bellaterra, Spain, March 18-22, 2013. handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/23151
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