The Anopheles maculipennis complex (Diptera: Culicidae) in Iran: Molecular characterization and recognition of a new species

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 527-535

  Sedaghat, M M ^a,b   Linton, Y M ^b   Oshaghi, M A ^a   Vatandoost, H ^a   Harbach, R E ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

MOSQUITO;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; IRAN; MALARIA; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; IRAN; MALARIA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES MACULIPENNIS; ANOPHELES MARTINIUS; ANOPHELES PERSIENSIS; ANOPHELES SACHAROVI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0347597753     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2003272     Document Type: Article

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