Intragenomic heterogeneity of a ribosomal DNA spacer (ITS2) varies regionally in the neotropical malaria vector Anopheles nuneztovari (Diptera: Culicidae)

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 435-442

  Onyabe, D Y ^a   Conn, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles nuneztovari; Concerted evolution; Intragenomic heterogeneity; ITS2

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CLONING; COLOMBIA; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SPACER DNA; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0033230635     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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