Differentiation of members of the Anopheles fluviatilis species complex by an allele-specific polymerase chain reaction based on 28S ribosomal DNA sequences

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-32

  Singh, O P ^a   Chandra, Dinesh ^a   Nanda, Nutan ^a   Raghavendra, K ^a   Sunil, Sujatha ^a   Sharma, S K ^a   Dua, V K ^a   Subbarao, Sarala K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 28S; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; RNA 28S;

ALLELE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; DNA SEQUENCE; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CONTROL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SYMPATRY; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENETICS; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; FEMALE; INDIA; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 1542378977     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.27     Document Type: Article

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