Molecular identification of Phortica variegata and Phortica semivirgo (Drosophilidae, Steganinae) by PCR-RFLP of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase c subunit I gene

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 727-730

  Cantacessi, Cinzia ^a,b   Traversa, Donato ^c   Testini, Gabriella ^a   Lia, Riccardo Paolo ^a   Cafarchia, Claudia ^a   Máca, Jan ^d   Otranto, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^d Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILIDAE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

DROSOPHILIDAE; PHORTICA; STEGANINAE;

EID: 46749087779     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1027-z     Document Type: Article

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