Molecular identification of Anopheles minimus s.I. beyond distinguishing the members of the species complex

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 335-340

  Van Bortel, Wim ^a   Trung, H D ^b   Roelants, P ^a   Harbach, R E ^c   Backeljau, T ^d   Coosemans, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Inst Malariology   (Viet Nam)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anopheles minimus; Myzomyia Series; PCR RFLP; Species complex; Species identification

Indexed keywords

DNA; ISOMORPHISM; MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANOPHELES ACONITUS; ANOPHELES JEYPORIENSIS; ANOPHELES MINIMUS; ANOPHELES PAMPANAI; ANOPHELES VARUNA; INSECTA; MYZOMYIA; VARUNA;

EID: 0034210983     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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