Genetic variation in populations of Culicoides variipennis complex in the six New England states, U.S.A.

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-180

  Holbrook, Frederick R ^a,c   Tabachnick, Walter J ^a   Brady, Robert ^b  

^a USDA ARS   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Ceratopogonidae; Culicoides variipennis; Diptera; Epidemiology; Population genetics; U.S.A.

Indexed keywords

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BOVIDAE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES VARIIPENNIS; DIPTERA; OVIS ARIES;

ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; ISOENZYMES; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030122421     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00725.x     Document Type: Article

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