Pteridine fluorescence for age determination of Anopheles mosquitoes

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-52

  Wu, D ^a   Lehane, M J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age determination; Age grading; Anopheles gambiae; Anopheles stephensi; Fluorescence; Head; Malaria vectors; Mosquito age; Pteridines; Thorax

Indexed keywords

PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

AGE DETERMINATION; FLUORESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; PTERIDINES;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES MOSQUITO; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033083858     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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