Odour sensitivity of antennal olfactory cells underlying grooved pegs of Anopheles gambiae s.s. and An. quadriannulatus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-175

  Van Den Broek, Ingrid V F ^a   Den Otter, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

An. quadriannulatus; Anopheles gambiae s.s.; Electrophysiology; Grooved peg; Host odour; Mosquito; Mosquitoes; Olfaction; Single cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033856674     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2000.00692.x     Document Type: Article

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