Physiological recordings and RNA sequencing of the gustatory appendages of the yellow-fever mosquito Aedes aegypti

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 94, 2014, Pages

  Sparks, Jackson T ^a   Dickens, Joseph C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Chemosensory; Electrophysiology; Gustation; Insect; Issue 94; Molecular biology; Mosquito; QRT PCR; RNA seq; Taste

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921676909     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52088     Document Type: Article

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