Population cytogenetic evidence for sibling species in Anopheles annularis (Diptera: Culicidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 243-249

  Atrie, Bharati ^a   Subbarao, Sarala K ^a   Pillai, M K K ^a,b   Rao, S R V ^a,b   Sharma, V P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Anopheles annularis; Inversion polymorphism; Polytene chromosomes; Sibling species

Indexed keywords

POPULATION GENETICS;

ANOPHELES ANNULARIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0032868086     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/92.2.243     Document Type: Article

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