First-generation physical map of the Culicoides variipennis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) genome

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 771-775

  Nunamaker, Richard A ^a   Brown, Susan E ^b   Mcholland, Linda E ^a   Tabachnick, Walter J ^a   Knudson, Dennis L ^b  

^a USDA ARS   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Culicoides variipennis; Fluoresence in situ hybridization; Physical mapping; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES VARIIPENNIS; DIPTERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHROMATID; CHROMOSOME MAP; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; GENOME;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHROMATIDS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENOME; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0033220207     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.6.771     Document Type: Article

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