Eye colour as a genetic marker for fertility and fecundity of Triatoma infestans (Klug, 1834) Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 675-678

  Pires, Herton Helder Rocha ^a   Abrão, Daniele Oliveira ^a   Machado, Evandro Marques De Menezes ^a   Schofield, Christopher John ^b   Diotaiuti, Liléia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eye colour; Fecundity; Fertility; Triatoma infestans; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; TRIATOMA;

ANIMALS; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC MARKERS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; TRIATOMA;

EID: 0036635589     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000500016     Document Type: Article

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