Species identification of plant tissues from the gut of An. sergentii by DNA analysis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-233

  Junnila, Amy ^a   Müller, Gunter C ^a   Schlein, Yosef ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

An. sergentii; Cold anthrone; DNA bar coding; Israel; Plant tissue feeding

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; PLANT DNA; SUGAR;

ANGIOSPERM; BIOASSAY; CELLULOSE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MEDICINAL PLANT;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES SERGENTII; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONYZA; CONYZA DIOSCORIDIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FLOWERING; HIGHER PLANT; INTESTINE; MALE; MALVA NICAEENSIS; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; OCHRADENUS BACCATUS; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT TISSUE; SHRUB; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUAEDA ASPHALTICA; TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX NILOTICA; AMARANTHACEAE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALVA; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHENOPODIACEAE; CONYZA; DNA, PLANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; MALE; MALVA;

ISRAEL;

ANOPHELES SERGENTII; CONYZA DIOSCORIDIS; HEXAPODA; MALVA NICAEENSIS; OCHRADENUS BACCATUS; SUAEDA ASPHALTICA; TAMARIX NILOTICA;

EID: 77953543311     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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