DNA fingerprinting of tabanids (Diptera: Tabanidae) and their respective egg masses using PCR - Restriction fragment profiling

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 605-619

  Iranpour, M ^a   Schurko, A M ^a   Klassen, G R ^a   Galloway, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ATYLOTUS; CERVIDAE; CHRYSOPS; CHRYSOPS AESTUANS; CHRYSOPS EXCITANS; CHRYSOPS MITIS; DIPTERA; EQUUS CABALLUS; HAEMATOPOTA; HYBOMITRA; HYBOMITRA LASIOPHTHALMA; HYBOMITRA NITIDIFRONS; HYBOMITRA NITIDIFRONS NUDA; NUDA; TABANIDAE; TABANUS;

EID: 8444229781     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n03-076     Document Type: Article

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