A sensitive and reliable restriction enzyme assay to distinguish between the mosquitoes Culex torrentium and Culex pipiens

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 142-149

  Hesson, J C ^a   LundstroM J O ^a,b   Halvarsson, P ^a   Erixon, P ^a   Collado, A ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Biological Mosquito Control Project   (Sweden)

^c Evolutionary Biology Centre Uppsala University ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens; Culex torrentium; Mitochondrial COI 3 region; Restriction enzyme; Species identification

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; DISEASE VECTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; MOSQUITO;

EUROPE;

CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS PIPIENS; CULEX TORRENTIUM; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CULEX; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954163675     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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