In situ hybridization to the Rdl locus on polytene chromosome 3L of Anopheles stephensi

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 452-455

  Andreasen, Morten H ^a,c   Ffrench Constant, R H ^b  

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

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid receptor; An. stephensi; Anopheles gambiae; Cross over suppression; Dieldrin; Genetic control; Insecticide resistance; Malaria vector; Resistance to dieldrin (Rdl); Sterile insect technique (SIT)

Indexed keywords

HYBRIDIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFERTILITY; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTHROPODA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036913676     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2002.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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