Parity Diagnosis and Ovulation in Culiseta inornata (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 402-412

  Fox, Andrew S ^a,b   Brust, Reinhart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culiseta inornata; Dilatation; Ovulation; Parity

Indexed keywords

CULICIDAE; CULISETA INORNATA; DIPTERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MOSQUITO; OVARY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; OVARY; OVULATION; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0030139529     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.3.402     Document Type: Article

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