Use of confocal laser scanning microscopy in systematics of insects with a comparison of fluorescence from different stains

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-14

  Lee, Sangmi ^a   Brown, Richard L ^a   Monroe, William ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYE; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSECT; MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 58149242727     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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