Ribosomal DNA sequence markers differentiate two species of the Anopheles maculatus (Diptera: Culicidae) complex in the Philippines

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 933-937

  Torres, Elizabeth P ^a,b   Foley, Desmond H ^a   Saul, Allan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anopheles dispar; Anopheles greeni; Anopheles maculatus; ITS2; Philippines; Polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHILIPPINES;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHILIPPINES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0034324180     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.6.933     Document Type: Article

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