Flies in the ointment: A morphological and molecular comparison of Lucilia cuprina and Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in South Africa

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-14

  Tourle, R ^a   Downie, D A ^a   Villet, M H ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

28S; Cytochrome oxidase I; Hybridization; Lucilia; Morphology; Phylogenetic incongruence

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; RNA 28S;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLY; HYBRIDIZATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METROPOLITAN AREA; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; LUCILIA (BLOWFLY); LUCILIA CUPRINA; LUCILIA SERICATA;

EID: 60349124999     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00765.x     Document Type: Article

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