A Technique for Preparing Polytene Chromosomes from Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicinae)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 387-390

  Campos, Jairo ^a   Andrade, Carlos Fernando S ^a   Recco Pimentel, Shirlei M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytology; Mosquito; Vector

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; FLY; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RESISTANCE; INSECT; LARVA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; TECHNIQUE; AEDES; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; METHODOLOGY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICINAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; MALPIGHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALPIGHIAN TUBULES;

EID: 0042236844     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000300017     Document Type: Article

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