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Microsatellite data suggest significant population structure and differentiation within the malaria vector Anopheles darlingi in Central and South America.
BMC ecology - 26 Mar 2008
Mirabello Lisa, Vineis Joseph H, Yanoviak Stephen P, Scarpassa Vera M, Póvoa Marinete M, Padilla Norma, Achee Nicole L, Conn Jan E
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BACKGROUND: Anopheles darlingi is the most important malaria vector in the Neotropics. An understanding of A. darlingi's population structure and contemporary gene flow patterns is necessary if vector populations are to be successfully controlled. We assessed population genetic structure and levels of differentiation based on 1,376 samples from 31 localities throughout the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon and...
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