Fig. 1From: Molecular characterization of Ribosomal DNA (ITS2) of hard ticks in Iran: understanding the conspecificity of Dermacentor marginatus and D. niveusa Phylogenetic relationships based on DNA sequences of 638 bp of ITS2 rDNA region for 11 populations of 5 species belonging to 3 genera of hard ticks. For the species names and abbreviations: D: Dermacentor, R: Rhipicephalus, H: Hyalomma, and Mesh (specimens from Ardebil Province, Meshkin-Shahr, The: Tehran Province, Ker: Kerman Province, Kurd: Kurdistan Province and Isf: Isfahan Province). b Phylogenetic relationship between the different populations of D. marginatus and D. niveus. The acquired sequences of these species have been indicated with black square for D. marginatus and up-pointing triangle for D. niveusBack to article page