The second internal transcribed spacer of nuclear ribosomal DNA as a tool for Latin American anopheline taxonomy - A critical review

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 817-832

  Marrelli, Mauro Toledo ^a   Sallum, Maria Anice Mureb ^a   Marinotti, Osvaldo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Anophelines; Internal transcibed spacer 2; ITS2; Malaria vectors; Neotropical; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846360004     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000800002     Document Type: Review

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