Fine structure of the eggs of Anopheles (Anopheles) punctimacula

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-9

  Rodriguez, Mario H ^a   Chávez, Bibiana ^b   Ulloa, Armando ^c   Arredondo Jiménez, Juan I ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anopheles punctimacula; Culicidae; Diptera; Eggs; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES (GENUS); ANOPHELES (SERIES); ANOPHELES (SUBGENUS); ANOPHELES PUNCTIMACULA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; OOCYTE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OVUM;

EID: 0036515864     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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