Genetics of refractoriness to Plasmodium falciparum in the mosquito Anopheles stephensi

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 302-312

  Feldmann, A M ^a   Van Gemert, Geert Jan ^b   Van De Vegte Bolmer, Marga G ^b   Jansen, Ritsert C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anopheles stephensi; Genetic crosses; Pakistan; Plasmodium falciparum; Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) Analysis; Refractoriness; Segregation; Selection; Vector parasite relationship

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; INSECTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0032123390     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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