Ultrastructure of the eggs of Culicoides circumscriptus, Culicoides gejgelensis, and Culicoides imicola (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-83

  Day, Jonathan F ^a   Duzak, D ^a   Braverman, Yehuda ^b   Chizov Ginzburg, Aleksey ^b   Linley, John R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ISRAEL; OOCYTE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ISRAEL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OVUM;

EID: 0031090673     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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