Restriction analysis of the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer region of Culex restuans and mosquitoes in the Culex pipiens complex

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 12, Issue 3 PART 1, 1996, Pages 477-482

  Debrunner Vossbrinck, Bettina A ^a   Vossbrinck, Charles R ^b   Vodkin, Michael H ^a   Novak, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CULEX; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030238926     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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