Sex chromosome variation and cytotaxonomy of the onchocerciasis vector Simulium squamosum in Cameroon and Nigeria

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 219-223

  Traore Lamizana, M ^a   Somiari, S ^b   Mafuyai, H B ^c   Vajime, C G ^d   Post, R J ^e  

^a Institut Pierre Richet Bouake   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^d BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Cytogenetics; Hybridization; Nigeria; Onchocerciasis; S. squamosum; Sex chromosomes; Sibling species; Simulium damnosum complex; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CAMEROON; CYTOTYPE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYBRIDIZATION; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SEX CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; FEMALE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NIGERIA; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SIMULIIDAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034957229     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0269-283X.2001.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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