Adaptive radiation and speciation in Rhipicephalus ticks: A medley of novel hosts, nested predator-prey food webs, off-host periods and dispersal along temperature variation gradients
Abstract
Rhipicephalus origin linked to host shifts between extinct predators and ungulates. Dispersal out of Africa occurred in three lineages, and one dispersed back to Africa. Temperature ranges and host-linked dispersal associated with diversification rates.
- Publication:
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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- Pub Date:
- September 2021
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107178
- Bibcode:
- 2021MolPE.16207178B
- Keywords:
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- Tick;
- Ectoparasite;
- Phylogeny;
- Afrotropical;
- Climate Niche;
- Host