Tick ML domain proteins.

<p>A) ClustalW alignment. The symbols at the top of the figure represent (*) identity, (:) similarity, and (.) lesser similarity. B) The neighbour-joining phylogenetic tree from the alignment in (A) following 1,000 bootstraps. Sequence names are represented by the first three letters of the genus name, followed by the first three letters of the species name, followed by their GenBank gene identifier (gi) accession number. Sequences from this work start with IrHem. <i>Ixodes ricinus</i> sequences are identified with a red symbol. The bar at the bottom represents 20% amino acid diversity. The numbers at the nodes indicate the percentage bootstrap support.