Assessment of rDNA IGS as a molecular marker in the Simulium damnosum complex

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 395-403

  Morales Hojas, Ramiro ^a,b   Post, R J ^a   Cheke, R A ^b   Wilson, M D ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Africa; ETS; Hybridization; IGS; Molecular markers; Recent speciation; Ribosomal DNA; Simulium damnosum complex

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC MARKERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SIMULIIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM SANCTIPAULI; SIMULIUM SIRBANUM; SIMULIUM SOUBRENSE; SIMULIUM SQUAMOSUM; SIMULIUM YAHENSE;

EID: 0036909531     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2002.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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