Improved accuracy of the transcriptional profiling method of age grading in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes under laboratory and semi-field cage conditions and in the presence of Wolbachia infection

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-224

  Caragata, E P ^a   Poinsignon, A ^a   Moreira, L A ^a,b   Johnson, P H ^c   Leong, Y S ^a   Ritchie, S A ^c,d   O'Neill, S L ^a   McGraw, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Tropical Population Health Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; age grading; dengue vectors; gene expression; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; AGING; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, INSECT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 79952302286     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01059.x     Document Type: Article

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