A genetic study of a melanization response to Sephadex beads in plasmodium-refractory and -susceptible strains of Anopheles gambiae

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 446-451

  Gorman, Maureen J ^a   Paskewitz, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; SEPHADEX;

ALLELE; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SELECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

EID: 0030889392     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.446     Document Type: Article

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