Remarkable diversity of intron-1 of the para voltage-gated sodium channel gene in an Anopheles gambiae/Anopheles coluzzii hybrid zone

Autores: Caputo B, Conway DJ, Della Torre A, Fanello C, Mancini E, Nwakanma DC, Petrarca V, Pinto J, Santolamazza F, Weetman D
Ano de Publicação: 2015
Journal: Malaria Journal
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25604888

BACKGROUND: Genomic differentiation between Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii–the major malaria vectors in sub-Saharan Africa–is localized into large “islands” toward the centromeres of chromosome-X and the two autosomes. Linkage disequilibrium between these genomic islands was first detected between species-specific polymorphisms within ribosomal DNA genes (IGS-rDNA) on the X-chromosome and a single variant at position 702 […]
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The “far-west” of Anopheles gambiae molecular forms.

Autores: Besansky NJ, Caputo B, Conway DJ, Della Torre A, Jaenson T, Jawara M, Mancini E, Nwakanma DC, Palsson K, Petrarca V, Santolamazza F, Vicente JL, White BJ
Journal: PLoS One
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=The+%E2%80%9Cfar-west%E2%80%9D+of+Anopheles+gambiae+molecular+forms

The main Afrotropical malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto, is undergoing a process of sympatric ecological diversification leading to at least two incipient species (the M and S molecular forms) showing heterogeneous levels of divergence across the genome.
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Prominent intraspecific genetic divergence within Anopheles gambiae sibling species triggered by habitat discontinuities across a riverine landscape

Autores: Caputo B, Caputo FP, Conway DJ, Della Torre A, Dia I, Hamid-Adiamoh M, Jawara M, Konate L, Nwakanma D, Oriero EC, Petrarca V, Pinto J
Ano de Publicação: 2014
Journal: Molecular Ecology
Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.12866/abstract

The Anopheles gambiae complex of mosquitoes includes malaria vectors at different stages of speciation, whose study enables a better understanding of how adaptation to divergent environmental conditions leads to evolution of reproductive isolation. We investigated the population genetic structure of closely related sympatric taxa that have recently been proposed as separate species (An. coluzzii and An. gambiae), sampled from diverse habitats along the Gambia river in West Africa.
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Remarkable diversity of intron-1 of the para voltage-gated sodium channel gene in an Anopheles gambiae/Anopheles coluzzii hybrid zone

The “far-west” of Anopheles gambiae molecular forms.

Prominent intraspecific genetic divergence within Anopheles gambiae sibling species triggered by habitat discontinuities across a riverine landscape

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