Intragenomic variation in the second internal transcribed spacer of the ribosomal DNA of species of the genera Culex and Lutzia (Diptera: Culicidae)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Vesgueiro, Fabiana Tavares ^a   Demari Silva, Bruna ^a   dos Santos Malafronte, Rosely ^b   Sallum, Maria Anice Mureb ^a   Marrelli, Mauro Toledo ^a  

^a Universidade de Saúde Pública   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Concerted evolution; Culex; Diptera; ITS2; Phylogeny; rDNA

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; CULICIDAE; CULICINI; DIPTERA; LUTZIA;

EID: 79851472296     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762011000100001     Document Type: Article

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