Microsatellite loci from the northern house mosquito (Culex pipiens), a principal vector of West Nile virus in North America

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-22

  Keyghobadi, Nusha ^a   Matrone, Michael A ^b   Ebel, Gregory D ^c   Kramer, Laura D ^c   Fonseca, Dina M ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens; Culex quinquefasciatus; Microsatellite; Null allele; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; FLAVIVIRUS; INSECTA; TRANSPOSONS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 1342288661     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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