Stephen C. Barker

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Best Publications

• Systematics and evolution of ticks with a list of valid genus and species names.

  S. C. Barker;A. Murrell

  1409
  Citations

• The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida) of the world: a list of valid species names

  Alberto A. Guglielmone;Richard G. Robbins;Dmitry A. Apanaskevich;Trevor N. Petney

  793
  Citations

• Genome sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont provide insights into the permanent parasitic lifestyle

  Ewen F. Kirkness;Brian J. Haas;Brian J. Haas;Weilin Sun;Henk R. Braig

  609
  Citations

• Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

  Monika Gulia-Nuss;Monika Gulia-Nuss;Andrew B. Nuss;Andrew B. Nuss;Jason M. Meyer;Jason M. Meyer;Daniel E. Sonenshine

  572
  Citations

• A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of Diptera: whole genome sequence data accurately resolve relationships over broad timescales with high precision

  Stephen L. Cameron;Christine L. Lambkin;Stephen C. Barker;Michael F. Whiting

  305
  Citations

• Ticks of Australia. The species that infest domestic animals and humans.

  Stephen C Barker;Alan R Walker

  305
  Citations

• The highly rearranged mitochondrial genome of the plague thrips, Thrips imaginis (Insecta: Thysanoptera): convergence of two novel gene boundaries and an extraordinary arrangement of rRNA genes.

  Renfu Shao;Stephen C. Barker

  288
  Citations

• Comparison of the second internal transcribed spacer (Ribosomal DNA) from populations and species of fasciolidae (Digenea)

  Robert D. Adlard;Stephen C. Barker;David Blair;Thomas H. Cribb

  236
  Citations

• Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial genome sequences indicates that the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, contains a cryptic species.

  Thomas D. Burger;Renfu Shao;Stephen C. Barker

  226
  Citations

• Synonymy of Boophilus Curtice, 1891 with Rhipicephalus Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae).

  Anna Murrell;Stephen C. Barker

  215
  Citations

• Numerous Gene Rearrangements in the Mitochondrial Genome of the Wallaby Louse, Heterodoxus macropus (Phthiraptera)

  Renfu Shao;Nick J. H. Campbell;Stephen C. Barker

  207
  Citations

• Rates of Gene Rearrangement and Nucleotide Substitution Are Correlated in the Mitochondrial Genomes of Insects

  Renfu Shao;Mark Dowton;Anna Murrell;Stephen C. Barker

  194
  Citations

• The single mitochondrial chromosome typical of animals has evolved into 18 minichromosomes in the human body louse, Pediculus humanus

  Renfu Shao;Ewen F. Kirkness;Stephen C. Barker

  188
  Citations

• Mitochondrial genome data alone are not enough to unambiguously resolve the relationships of Entognatha, Insecta and Crustacea sensu lato (Arthropoda)

  Stephen L. Cameron;Kelly B. Miller;Cyrille A. D'Haese;Michael F. Whiting

  175
  Citations

• Mitochondrial genomics and the new insect order Mantophasmatodea.

  Stephen L. Cameron;Stephen C. Barker;Michael F. Whiting

  165
  Citations

• Proteins in the saliva of the Ixodida (ticks): pharmacological features and biological significance.

  N.A. Steen;S.C. Barker;P.F. Alewood

  161
  Citations

• Evolution of Duplicate Control Regions in the Mitochondrial Genomes of Metazoa: A Case Study with Australasian Ixodes Ticks

  Renfu Shao;Stephen C. Barker;Harumi Mitani;Yayoi Aoki

  159
  Citations

• A Total-Evidence Phylogeny of Ticks Provides Insights into the Evolution of Life Cycles and Biogeography

  Anna Murrell;Nicholas J.H. Campbell;Stephen C. Barker

  158
  Citations

• Phylogeny of the hard ticks (Ixodidae) inferred from 18S rRNA indicates that the genus Aponomma is paraphyletic.

  Susan J. Dobson;Stephen C. Barker

  154
  Citations

• Increased Rate of Gene Rearrangement in the Mitochondrial Genomes of Three Orders of Hemipteroid Insects

  Renfu Shao;Nick J. H. Campbell;Evan R. Schmidt;Stephen C. Barker

  147
  Citations