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SPECIES CONCEPTS: WHAT ABOUT TICKS?
Typological species concepts
Phylogenetic species concepts
Tick taxonomists
Dantas-Torres, Filipe | Fecha del documento:
2018
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Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Departamento de Imunologia. Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia. Recife, PE, Brasil.
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Since ancient times, philosophers and taxonomists have tried to classify forms of life. This is what taxonomy is about: the science of identifying, naming, classifying, and describing organisms. In this article I address the issue of the species concept in tick taxonomy. While the typological species concept is still the most widely used, the biological and phylogenetic species concepts are growing in popularity among tick taxonomists. The integrative approach is increasingly being used, but the question is how to define a tick species when using this approach, particularly if data are incongruent. The adoption of an integrative species concept is discussed, in light of recent advances in our understanding of the genetics, morphology, and biology of ticks.
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TaxonomyTypological species concepts
Phylogenetic species concepts
Tick taxonomists
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