Polymorphic microsatellites in Simulium damnosum s.l. and their use for differentiating two savannah populations: Implications for epidemiological studies

Genome

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 154-161

  Dumas, Valérie ^a   Herder, Stéphane ^b   Bebba, Aïcha ^a   Cadoux Barnabé, Cécile ^a   Bellec, Christian ^a   Cuny, Gérard ^a  

^a Ctr d'Etud sur le P U Mixte de Rech Ctr N Institut Francais de Rech S   (France)

^b Organisation Coord Lutte Contre E   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Microsatellites; Null alleles; Polymorphism; Population genetics; Population structure; Simulium damnosum s.l.

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC DIVERSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; INTRASPECIFIC VARIABILITY; MICROSATELLITE DNA; POPULATION GENETICS;

DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; INSECTA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

EID: 0032052976     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/gen-41-2-154     Document Type: Article

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