Eggshell ultrastructure in four mosquito genera (Diptera, Culicidae)

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 12, Issue 2 PART 1, 1996, Pages 263-270

  Sahlén, Göran ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; MOSQUITO; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; CULICIDAE; OVUM;

EID: 0030156559     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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