@article{fdi:010046057,
  title = {{A}ssortative pairing in {I}xodes ricinus ({A}cari : {I}xodidae), the european vector of {L}yme borreliosis},
  author = {{K}empf, {F}lorent and {D}e {M}eeûs, {T}hierry and {A}rnathau, {C}{\'e}line and {D}egeilh, {B}. and {M}c{C}oy, {K}aren},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n sexual organisms, the way in which gamets aossociate call greatly influence the maintenance of genetic variation, the structure of this valiation in space, and ultimately organismal evolution, {B}ased oil patterns of genetic structure previously found, we explicitly tested whether adults of the sheep tick {I}xodes ricinus pair according to their genetic relatedness. {W}e sampled tick pairs from the vegetation in four and genotyped individual ticks at seven microsatellite loci. {B}ased on this data. we observed highly significant assortative mating in two of the four locations. a pattern that could not be accounted for by it spatial autocorrelation in the distribution of related ticks. {O}ne explanation for these observations may be the existence of local host associations that develop independently in different populations. {A}ssortative mating in {I}. ricinus win have clear consequences for its through processes of adaptation and transmission, may significantly alter the epidemiological patterns of the pathogens it carries, including the {L}yme disease agent tests win flow be required to examine them mechanisms leading to this pattern and its epidemiological consequences.},
  keywords = {assortative mating ; genetic structure ; host-associated divergence ; vector-borne disease},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {M}edical {E}ntomology},
  volume = {46},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {471--474},
  ISSN = {0022-2585},
  year = {2009},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010046057},
}