Analysis of genetic variation in ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer and the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 mitochondrial genes of the onchocerciasis vector Simulium ochraceum

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 701-706

  Rodríguez Pérez, Mario A ^a   Núñez González, Claudia A ^a,b   Lizarazo Ortega, Cristian ^a   Sánchez Varela, Alejandro ^a   Wooten, Michael C ^c   Unnasch, Thomas R ^d  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b Univ Iberoamericana de Cie y Tecn   (Chile)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene variability; Mitochondrial genome; Molecular taxonomy; Nuclear genome; Onchocerca volvulus

Indexed keywords

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM OCHRACEUM;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE SUBUNIT 4; PRIMER DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FLY; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; MEXICO; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, INSECT; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; INSECT VECTORS; MEXICO; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMULIIDAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33748338982     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[701:AOGVIR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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