Intra-specific heterogeneity of the rDNA internal transcribed spacer in the Simulium damnosum (Diptera: Simuliidae) complex

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 244-252

  Tang, Jianming ^a   Toè, Laurent ^b   Back, Christian ^b   Unnasch, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Onchocerciasis Control Programme   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

heteroduplex analysis; internal transcribed spacer; onchocerciasis; polymerase chain reaction; sibling species; Simulium damnosum s.l.

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DIPTERA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM;

EID: 0030061504     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025561     Document Type: Article

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