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Host-Parasite Associations Of The Cratogeomys Fumosus Species Group And Their Chewing Lice, Geomydoecus

Document Type

Article

Keywords

Cophylogeny, Cratogeomys, Geomyidae, MtDNA, Phthiraptera, Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Therya

Volume

10

Issue

2

First Page

81

Last Page

90

Abstract

Chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae) and the pocket gophers (Rodentia: Geomyidae) that they inhabit have shared an intimate historical association that has made them a textbook study for cophylogeny. Herein, we examine the chewing lice found on pocket gophers of the Cratogeomys fumosus species group using DNA sequence data from the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene to determine relationships among lice for comparison to published host phylogeny. Although matrix approaches indicate a correlation between host and parasite genetic distances, cophylogenetic reconstruction methods fail to detect a pattern of widespread cophylogeny. In conclusion, this study provides an exception to the rule of host-parasite cophylogeny that could be the result of the young age of the relationships considered herein and the complex history of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt.

Department

Department of Biology

Original Publication Date

1-1-2019

DOI of published version

10.12933/therya-19-739

Repository

UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Language

en

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