Contrasting genetic structure between mitochondrial and nuclear markers in the dengue fever mosquito from Rio de Janeiro: Implications for vector control

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 901-915

  Rašić, Gordana ^a   Schama, Renata ^b   Powell, Rosanna ^a   Maciel de Freitas, Rafael ^b   Endersby Harshman, Nancy M ^a   Filipović, Igor ^a   Sylvestre, Gabriel ^b   Máspero, Renato C ^c   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Superintendência de Vigilânciaem Saude SMS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Genetic structure; Microsatellites; Mito nuclear discordance; RAD seq; Rio de Janeiro; Vector control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944515530     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12301     Document Type: Article

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