Typing of sandflies from Greece and Cyprus by DNA polymorphism of 18S rRNA gene

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-184

  Aransay, Ana M ^a   Scoulica, E ^a   Chaniotis, B ^a   Tselentis, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

18S ribosomal DNA; PCR RFLP; Phlebotomine sandflies; Typing

Indexed keywords

CYPRUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GREECE; MORPHOGENESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOSOMAL RNA;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LARROUSSIUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 0033136438     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.820179.x     Document Type: Article

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