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Multiple QTL Determine Dorsal Abdominal Scale Patterns in the Mosquito Aedes aegypti.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Sept 2016
Mori Akio, Tsuda Yoshio, Takagi Masahiro, Higa Yukiko, Severson David W
Abstract excerpt
The mosquito, Aedes aegypti (L.) originated in Sub-Saharan Africa as a dark form sylvan species (A. aegypti formosus). Evolution of A. aegypti aegypti type form as a human commensal facilitated its colonization of most semitropical and tropical areas. We investigated the genetic basis for abdominal white scale presence that represents the diagnostic for sylvan A. aegypti formosus (scales absent), from type form...
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