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Novel genotyping approaches to easily detect genomic admixture between the major Afrotropical malaria vector species, Anopheles coluzzii and An. gambiae.
Molecular ecology resources - 1 Jul 2021
Caputo Beniamino, Pichler Verena, Bottà Giordano, De Marco Carlo, Hubbart Christina, Perugini Eleonora, Pinto Joao, Rockett Kirk A, Miles Alistair, Della Torre Alessandra
Abstract excerpt
The two most efficient and most recently radiated Afrotropical vectors of human malaria - Anopheles coluzzii and An. gambiae - are identified by single-locus diagnostic PCR assays based on species-specific markers in a 4 Mb region on chromosome-X centromere. Inherently, these diagnostic assays cannot detect interspecific autosomal admixture shown to be extensive at the westernmost and easternmost extremes of the...
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