Analysis of expressed sequence tags from a significant livestock pest, the stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans), identifies transcripts with a putative role in chemosensation and sex determination

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 179-204

  Olafson, Pia Untalan ^a   Lohmeyer, Kimberly H ^a   Dowd, Scot E ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Research and Testing Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemosensory; Pyrosequencing; Reproductive behavior; Sex determination; Stable fly; Stomoxys calcitrans

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCIDAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCIDAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

DIPTERA; MUSCIDAE; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS;

EID: 77955595352     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20372     Document Type: Article

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