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Molecular differentiation of the Old World Culicoides imicola species complex (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae), inferred using random amplified polymorphic DNA markers.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2001
Sebastiani F, Meiswinkel R, Gomulski L M, Guglielmino C R, Mellor P S, Malacrida A R, Gasperi G
Abstract excerpt
Samples of seven of the 10 morphological species of midges of the Culicoides imicola complex were considered. The importance of this species complex is connected to its vectorial capacity for African horse sickness virus (AHSV) and bluetongue virus (BTV). Consequently, the risk of transmission may vary dramatically, depending upon the particular cryptic species present in a given area. The species complex is...
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