Evidence of multiple mating and hybridization in Simulium damnosum s.l. (Diptera: Simuliidae) in nature

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-34

  Boakye, D A ^a   Back, C ^a   Brakefield, P M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Hybridization; Laboratory rearing; Multiple mating; Simulium damnosum complex

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012120286     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.1.29     Document Type: Article

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