Sequence analysis of the RDNA internal transcribed spacer 2 of five species of South American human malaria mosquitoes

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 215-221

  Fritz, Gary N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles; ITS2; malaria; Nyssorhynchus; rDNA

Indexed keywords

BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; DNA PROBE; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANOPHELES EVANSAE; ANOPHELES NUNEZTOVARI; ANOPHELES RANGELI; ANOPHELES STRODEI; ANOPHELES TRINKAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NYSSORHYNCHUS;

EID: 0032034073     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10425179809008454     Document Type: Article

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