Polymerase Chain Reaction Species Diagnostic Assay for Anopheles quadrimaculatus Cryptic Species (Diptera: Culicidae) Based on Ribosomal DNA ITS2 Sequences

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-116

  Cornel, A J ^a   Porter, C H ^a   Collins, F H ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles quadrimatulatus; Cryptic species; Polymerase chain reaction; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES QUADRIMACULATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0029678676     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.1.109     Document Type: Article

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