A white eye color mutant in the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans submorsitans Newstead (Diptera: Glossinidae)

Genome

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 165-169

  Challoner, C M ^a   Gooding, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glossina morsitans submorsitans; Tryptophan metabolism; Tsetse; Wht mutant

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA MORSITANS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS SUBMORSITANS; GLOSSINIDAE; INSECTA; ZOSTEROPIDAE;

EID: 0031406763     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g97-023     Document Type: Article

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