Investigation of environmental influences on a transcriptional assay for the prediction of age of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1044-1052

  Hugo, Leon E ^a,b   Kay, Brian H ^a   O'Neill, Scott L ^b   Ryan, Peter A ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; age grading; environmental regulation; gene expression

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

AEDES; AGING; ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 78649389993     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10030     Document Type: Article

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