Strain-specific quantification of Wolbachia density in Aedes albopictus and effects of larval rearing conditions

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 317-322

  Dutton, T J ^a   Sinkins, S P ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic incompatibility; Drive; Mosquito; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; WSP PROTEIN, WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUOROMETRY; GENETICS; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FLUOROMETRY; LARVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 2942752291     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0962-1075.2004.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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