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Identification of the sibling species of the Anopheles maculipennis complex by heteroduplex analysis
- Source :
- Insect molecular biology. 9(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- The group of anopheline mosquitoes referred to as 'Anopheles maculipennis complex' includes the most important malaria vectors of the Palearctic Western region. The species belonging to this complex, however, are difficult or impossible to distinguish by morphological characters. To differentiate sibling palearctic species belonging to this complex, interspecific differences in the ITS2 sequences were used to set up a rapid and sensitive diagnostic tool based on heteroduplex analysis. The relative heteroduplex mobility allowed the following seven species to be readily distinguished: An. atroparvus, An. labranchiae, An. maculipennis s.s. , An. martinius, An melanoon, An. messeae and An. sacharovi.
- Subjects :
- Genetics
Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes
Interspecific competition
Heteroduplex Analysis
Biology
DNA, Ribosomal
Insect Vectors
Malaria
Sibling species
Evolutionary biology
Insect Science
parasitic diseases
Genetic variation
Anopheles
Animals
Identification (biology)
Anopheles maculipennis
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Female
Malaria vector
Molecular Biology
Heteroduplex
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09621075
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Insect molecular biology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a2ee7c8b77fbbbbf7ac0f5c9d6536d42