Molecular phylogeny and evolutionary relationships among mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the northeastern United States based on small subunit ribosomal DNA (18S rDNA) sequences

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 443-454

  Shepard, John J ^a   Andreadis, Theodore G ^a   Vossbrinck, Charles R ^a  

^a Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary relationships; Molecular phylogeny; Mosquito; Ochlerotatus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COQUILLETTIDIA; COQUILLETTIDIA PERTURBANS; CULICIDAE; CULICINAE; CULISETA; DIPTERA; PSOROPHORA; TOXORHYNCHITES;

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MOSQUITO; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745270778     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[443:MPAERA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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