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Mosaic genome architecture of the Anopheles gambiae species complex.
PloS one - 28 Nov 2007
Wang-Sattler Rui, Blandin Stephanie, Ning Ye, Blass Claudia, Dolo Guimogo, Touré Yeya T, delle Torre Alessandra, Lanzaro Gregory C, Steinmetz Lars M, Kafatos Fotis C, Zheng Liangbiao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Attempts over the last three decades to reconstruct the phylogenetic history of the Anopheles gambiae species complex have been important for developing better strategies to control malaria transmission. METHODOLOGY: We used fingerprint genotyping data from 414 field-collected female mosquitoes at 42 microsatellite loci to infer the evolutionary relationships of four species in the A. gambiae complex,...
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