DNA in situ hybridization on polytene chromosomes of Simulium sanctipauli at loci relevant to insecticide resistance

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-222

  Boakye, D A ^a,b   Cornel, A J ^a,c   Meredith, S E ^a,d   Brakefield, P M ^a   Collins, F H ^a,e  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Mectizan Donation Program   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartate amino transferase; Chromosome mapping; Cote d'Ivoire; Cytochrome P450; DNA hybridization; Ghana; Polymerase chain reaction; Polytene chromosomes; S. sanctipauli; Simulium damnosum complex

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CLONED GENE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; SALIVARY GLAND;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; DRUG RESISTANCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECTICIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SIMULIIDAE;

ANOPHELES MOSQUITO; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM SANCTIPAULI;

EID: 0034086820     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2000.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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