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Vector control measures failed to affect genetic structure of Aedes aegypti in a sentinel metropolitan area of Brazil.
Acta tropica - 1 Dec 2013
Souza Kathleen R, Ribeiro Gilmar, Silva dos Santos Carlos Gustavo, de Lima Eliaci Couto, Melo Paulo R S, Reis Mitermayer G, Blanton Ronald E, Silva Luciano K
Abstract excerpt
In order to evaluate subpopulation differentiation, effective population size (Ne) and evidence for population bottlenecks at various geographic levels, Aedes aegypti larvae were collected longitudinally from 2007 to 2009 from four areas in the city of Salvador, Brazil. The DNA from each larva was isolated and genotyped with five independent microsatellite markers. FST and Jost's D revealed significant population...
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