A preliminary survey of mitochondrial sequence variation in Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) using polymerase chain reaction-based single strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) analysis and direct sequencing

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 553-560

  Stothard, J R ^a,d   Yamamoto, Y ^a   Cherchi, A ^a   Garcia, A L ^b   Valente, S A S ^c   Schofield, C J ^a   Miles, M A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^c INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE SEQUENCING; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL RNA; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PANSTRONGYLUS; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 0031797466     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485300026079     Document Type: Article

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