Mapping a quantitative trait locus involved in melanotic encapsulation of foreign bodies in the malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae

Genetics

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 965-971

  Gorman, Maureen J ^a   Severson, David W ^a   Cornel, Anton J ^b   Collins, Frank H ^b   Paskewitz, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALARIA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DEXTRANS; GENETIC MARKERS; INSECT VECTORS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MELANINS; MICROSPHERES;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 0030794127     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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