A new robust diagnostic polymerase chain reaction for determining the mating status of female Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 485-487

  Ng'habi, Kija R ^a   Horton, Ashley ^b   Knols, Bart G J ^c   Lanzaro, Gregory C ^b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; MATING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Y CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; FEMALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 35748956854     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.485     Document Type: Article

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