Altitudinal genetic and morphometric variation among populations of Culex theileri Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) from northeastern Turkey

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 197-209

  Demirci, Berna ^a   Lee, Yoosook ^b   Lanzaro, Gregory C ^b   Alten, Bulent ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitudinal variation; Culex theileri; Geometric morphometrics; SNPs

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOSQUITO; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; GENETIC VARIATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TURKEY;

CULEX THEILERI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 84860494420     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2012.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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