Molecular identification of two species of myiasis-causing Cuterebra by multiplex PCR and RFLP

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-166

  Noel S ^a   Tessier, N ^a   Angers, B ^a   Wood, D M ^b   Lapointe, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Arachnids and Nematodes   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bot flies; Canada; Cuterebra; Hybridization; Mitochondrial DNA; Multiplex PCR; Museum specimens; Myiasis; Peromyscus; RFLP; Species specific primers

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA;

FLY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FLY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYIASIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIPTERA; DNA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYIASIS; PEROMYSCUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CUTEREBRA; CUTEREBRA FONTINELLA; CUTEREBRA GRISEA; DIPTERA; OESTRIDAE; PEROMYSCUS;

EID: 2942594094     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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