Identification of male specimens of the Culex pipiens complex (Diptera: Culicidae) in the hybrid zone using morphology and molecular techniques

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-209

  Sanogo, Yibayiri O ^a   Kim, Chang Hyun ^b   Lampman, Richard ^a   Halvorsen, Jake G ^a   Gad, Adel M ^c   Novak, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens complex; DV D; Hybridization; Molecular identification

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CULEX; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE;

ARBOVIRUS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 41049114200     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[203:IOMSOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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