Speciation and distribution of the members of the Anopheles punctulatus (diptera: Culicidae) group in Papua New Guinea

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 16-27

  Cooper, R D ^a   Waterson, D G E ^b   Frances, S P ^a   Beebe, N W ^c   Sweeney, A W ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anopheles punctulatus group; Distribution; Papua New Guinea; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES PUNCTULATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036360143     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.1.16     Document Type: Article

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