The species delimitation problem in the Simulium damnosum complex, blackfly vectors of onchocerciasis

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-268

  Morales Hojas, R ^a   Krueger, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b German Armed Forces Department for Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blackfly; Genetic differentiation; Molecular systematics; Onchocerciasis; Phylogeography; Simulium damnosum

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

BIOMARKER; CORRELATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTROGRESSION; LIFE HISTORY; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT VECTORS; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SIMULIIDAE;

DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

EID: 68949142915     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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