Variation in Y chromosome meiotic drive in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): A potential genetic approach to mosquito control

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 617-623

  Owusu Daaku, K O ^a,b   Wood, R J ^a   Butler, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 0031395725     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485300038712     Document Type: Article

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