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Home / Archives for Santolamazza F

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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Geographic population structure of the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae suggests a role for the forest-savannah biome transition as a barrier to gene flow

  • Autores: Caccone A, Charlwood JD, Della Torre A, Donnelly MJ, Egyir-Yawson A, Elissa N, Gomes B, Moreno M, Santolamazza F, Simard F, Vicente JL, Weetman D
  • Journal: Evolutionary Applications
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24062800

The primary Afrotropical malaria mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto has a complex population structure. In west Africa, this species is split into two molecular forms and displays local and regional variation in chromosomal arrangements and behaviors.
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Comparative analyses reveal discrepancies among results of commonly used methods for Anopheles gambiaemolecular form identification.

  • Autores: Calzetta M, Caputo B, Della Torre A, Mancini E, Petrarca V, Pinto J, Santolamazza F, Vicente JL
  • Journal: Malaria Journal
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Comparative+analyses+reveal+discrepancies+among+results+of+commonly+used+methods+for+Anopheles+gambiae+molecular+form+identification.

BACKGROUND:
Anopheles gambiae M and S molecular forms, the major malaria vectors in the Afro-tropical region, are ongoing a process of ecological diversification and adaptive lineage splitting, which is affecting malaria transmission and vector control strategies in West Africa. These two incipient species are defined on the basis of single nucleotide differences in the IGS and ITS regions of multicopy rDNA located on the X-chromosome.
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