A comparative study of fat body morphology in five mosquito species

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 742-747

  Martins, Gustavo Ferreira ^a   Serrão, José Eduardo Serrão ^a   Ramalho Ortigão, José Marcelo ^b   Pimenta, Paulo Filemon Paolucci ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes; Anopheles; Culex; Fat body; Ommochrome; References; Trophocyte

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AEDES FLUVIATILIS; ANOPHELES AQUASALIS; ANOPHELES DARLINGI; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 80053947055     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000600015     Document Type: Article

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