Samuel Kelava

Phylogenies from mitochondrial genomes of 120 species of ticks: Insights into the evolution of the families of ticks and of the genus Amblyomma

Samuel Kelava, Ben J. Mans, Renfu Shao et al. · Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases · 2020 · 99 citations

Mitochondrial Genomes, Phylogenetics, Molecular Ecology +10

Nuclear (18S-28S rRNA) and mitochondrial genome markers of Carios (Carios) vespertilionis (Argasidae) support Carios Latreille, 1796 as a lineage embedded in the Ornithodorinae: re-classification of the Carios sensu Klompen and Oliver (1993) clade into its respective subgenera

Ben J. Mans, Samuel Kelava, Ronel Pienaar et al. · Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases · 2021 · 64 citations

Biology, 18S-28s Rrna, Phylogenetics +10

Seventy-eight entire mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rRNA genes provide insight into the phylogeny of the hard ticks, particularly the Haemaphysalis species, Africaniella transversale and Robertsicus elaphensis

Samuel Kelava, Ben J. Mans, Renfu Shao et al. · Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases · 2022 · 43 citations · Full text

Subgenus Am, Comparative Genomics, Genetics +22

Precise annotation of tick mitochondrial genomes reveals multiple copy number variation of short tandem repeats and one transposon-like element

Ze Chen, Yibo Xuan, Guangcai Liang et al. · BMC Genomics · 2020 · 26 citations · Full text

New insights into the molecular phylogeny, biogeographical history, and diversification of Amblyomma ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) based on mitogenomes and nuclear sequences

Juan E. Uribe, Samuel Kelava, Santiago Nava et al. · Parasites & Vectors · 2024 · 23 citations · Full text