Cytotaxonomy, morphology and molecular systematics of the Bioko form of Simulium yahense (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-157

  Post, R J ^a   Flook, P K ^h   Millest, A L ^h   Cheke, R A ^b   McCall, P J ^h   Wilson, M D ^h   Mustapha, M ^a   Somiari, S ^c   Davies, J B ^h   Mank, R A ^d   Geenen, P ^d   Enyong, P ^e   Sima, A ^f   Mas, J ^g  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c WINDBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Medical Research Station   (Cameroon)

^f Ministry of Health   (Equatorial Guinea)

^g Onchocerciasis Control Programme   (Equatorial Guinea)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FEMALE; FLY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; LARVA; MALE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; KARYOTYPING; LARVA; MALE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SIMULIIDAE;

EQUATORIAL GUINEA;

ANIMALIA; DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; DIPTERA; INSECTA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM SQUAMOSUM; SIMULIUM YAHENSE;

EID: 0242416984     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2003228     Document Type: Article

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