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Comparative analyses reveal discrepancies among results of commonly used methods for Anopheles gambiaemolecular form identification.
Malaria journal - 2 Aug 2011
Santolamazza Federica, Caputo Beniamino, Calzetta Maria, Vicente José L, Mancini Emiliano, Petrarca Vincenzo, Pinto João, della Torre Alessandra
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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...
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