Clarification of anomalies in the application of a 2La molecular karyotyping method for the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Ng'Habi, Kija R ^a,d   Meneses, Claudio R ^b   Cornel, Anthony J ^b   Slotman, Michel A ^c   Knols, Bart Gj ^d   Ferguson, Heather M ^e   Lanzaro, Gregory C ^b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; KARYOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

EID: 64949177333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-1-45     Document Type: Article

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