'Bar-coding' midges could help prevent spread of bluetongue in the UK
Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 16:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Ecologists have developed a new technique for genetically 'bar-coding' biting midges that could help prevent the spread of bluetongue - a serious animal disease - in the UK. Speaking at the British Ecological Society's Annual Meeting at Imperial College, London, Jane DeGabriel of the University of Aberdeen will explain how the technique will plug a huge gap in our understanding of how midges might spread bluetongue in the UK...
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