Discrimination of Culicoides midge larvae using multiplex polymerase chain reaction assays based on DNA sequence variation at the mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase i gene

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 610-614

  Schwenkenbecher, Jan M ^a   Mordue, A Jennifer ^a   Switek, Krzysztof ^a   Piertney, Stuart B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES DEWULFI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67650142476     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0328     Document Type: Article

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