Developing Exon-Primed Intron-Crossing (EPIC) markers for population genetic studies in three Aedes disease vectors

Insect Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 409-423

  White, Vanessa Linley ^a   Endersby, Nancy Margaret ^a   Chan, Janice ^a   Hoffmann, Ary Anthony ^a   Weeks, Andrew Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Aedes notoscriptus; Exon Primed Intron Crossing (EPIC); Indels; Ribosome protein (Rp); SNPs

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AEDES NOTOSCRIPTUS; ARBOVIRUS;

GENETIC MARKER; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; INTRON; POPULATION GENETICS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; EXONS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; INSECT VECTORS; INTRONS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84929707059     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12145     Document Type: Article

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