Genetic structure and population dynamics of the biting midges Culicoides obsoletus and Culicoides scoticus: Implications for the transmission and maintenance of bluetongue

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 441-448

  Pili, E ^a   Carcangiu, L ^a   Oppo, M ^a   Marchi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biochemical markers; Biting midges; Bluetongue; Obsoletus complex; Population genetics; Seasonal abundance; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

ABUNDANCE; ALLOZYME; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INSECT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; VIRAL DISEASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ITALY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; INSECT VECTORS; ISOENZYMES; ITALY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SARDINIA;

ANIMALIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 78149380783     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00887.x     Document Type: Article

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