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Altitudinal population structure and microevolution of the malaria vector Anopheles cruzii (Diptera: Culicidae)
1 Dec 2014
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BACKGROUND: In Brazil, the autochthonous transmission of extra-Amazonian malaria occurs mainly in areas of the southeastern coastal Atlantic Forest, where Anopheles cruzii is the primary vector. In these locations, the population density of the mosquito varies with altitude (5-263 m above sea level), prompting us to hypothesise that gene flow is also unevenly distributed. Describing the micro-geographical and...
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