Permeability of intact and dechorionated eggs of the Anopheles mosquito to water vapor and liquid water: A comparison with Drosophila

Cryobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 142-148

  Valencia, Maria Del Pilar ^a   Miller, Louis H ^a   Mazur, Peter ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES MOSQUITO; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHORION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MALARIA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OSMOSIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHORION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; OSMOSIS; WATER;

EID: 0030074355     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1996.0014     Document Type: Article

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