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Characterisation of Species and Diversity of Anopheles gambiae Keele Colony.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Ranford-Cartwright Lisa C, McGeechan Sion, Inch Donald, Smart Graeme, Richterová Lenka, Mwangi Jonathan M
Abstract excerpt
Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto was recently reclassified as two species, An. coluzzii and An. gambiae s.s., in wild-caught mosquitoes, on the basis of the molecular form, denoted M or S, of a marker on the X chromosome. The An. gambiae Keele line is an outbred laboratory colony strain that was developed around 12 years ago by crosses between mosquitoes from 4 existing An. gambiae colonies. Laboratory colonies of...
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