Reanalysis of rDNA-ITS2 region sequences of Anopheles cf. culicifacies 'Bluchistan' revealed conspecificity to A. dthali

Current Science

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 923-925

  Raghavendra, K ^a   Niranjan Reddy, B P ^a   Dash, A P ^a   Das, Aparup ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anopheles culicifacies; Anopheles dthali; Misidentification; Phylogeny; rDNA ITS2

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ANOPHELES DTHALI; CULICIFACIES SPECIES COMPLEX;

EID: 71849083618     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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