Molecular organization and evolution of mosquito genomes.

doi:10.1016/0305-0491(93)90123-m

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Molecular organization and evolution of mosquito genomes.

Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B, Comparative biochemistry - 1 Nov 1993

Kumar A, Rai K S

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Given the importance of mosquitoes as disease vectors, relatively little is known about the molecular organization and evolution of mosquito genomes as compared to other insects such as fruit flies. The advances in recombinant DNA technology and the possibility that mosquito populations could be...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Chromosome Mapping
Culicidae
DNA Transposable Elements
DNA, Mitochondrial
Genetic Variation
Genome
RNA, Ribosomal

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