Short report: A new polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method to identify Anopheles arabiensis from An. gambiae and its two molecular forms from degraded DNA templates or museum samples

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 604-606

  Santolamazza, Federica ^a   Della Torre, Alessandra ^a   Caccone, Adalgisa ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERFORMANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESERVATION; RELIABILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLE; SAMPLE QUALITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 3042538087     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.604     Document Type: Article

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