A new cytotype of Simulium squamosum from southwest Cameroon

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 296-300

  Mustapha, M ^a,b   Post, R J ^a   Enyong, P ^c   Lines, J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Medical Research Station   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Onchocerciasis; S. squamosum; Sex chromosomes; Sibling species; Simuliidae; Simulium damnosum complex

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FLY; GENETICS; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SIMULIIDAE;

ANIMALIA; DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; DIPTERA; INSECTA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM SQUAMOSUM;

EID: 4644276014     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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