A Molecular Approach to Identifying the Natural Prey of the African Creeping Water Bug Naucoris, A Potential Reservoir of Mycobacterium ulcerans

The extra-oral digestion of creeping water bugs (Naucoridae: Hemiptera) hinders the study of their diet using the standard method of identifying prey body parts in the gut. Genetic methods are available, but rely on PCR tests or similar diagnostics to confirm suspected prey. Where the potential prey...

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Autores principales: Gamboa, Maribet, Kimbirauskas, Ryan K., Merritt, Richard W., Monaghan, Michael T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of Wisconsin Library 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3465933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22934669
http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.012.0201

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3465933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22934669
http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.012.0201

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