The nuclear genome of the phytoseiid Metaseiulus occidentalis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is among the smallest known in arthropods

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 263-273

  Jeyaprakash, Ayyamperumal ^a   Hoy, Marjorie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; EF1 ; Flow cytometry; Genome size; High fidelity qRT PCR; Phytoseiidae

Indexed keywords

GENOME; MITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; OOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; GENOMICS; MALE; MITES; OVUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; METASEIULUS OCCIDENTALIS; PHYTOSEIIDAE;

EID: 61449186308     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-008-9227-x     Document Type: Article

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