Population differentiation of the malaria vector Anopheles aquasalis using mitochondrial DNA.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a111334

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Population differentiation of the malaria vector Anopheles aquasalis using mitochondrial DNA.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Conn J, Cockburn A F, Mitchell S E

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Populations of the malaria vector Anopheles aquasalis from Venezuela, Trinidad, and Brazil were analyzed using restriction enzyme digestion of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). The five enzymes surveyed yielded 12 mtDNA haplotypes. Three restriction endonuclease profiles (Bcl I, Eco RI, and Hind III) di...

Topics

Animals
Anopheles
Brazil
DNA, Mitochondrial
Female
Genetic Variation
Haplotypes
Humans
Insect Vectors
Malaria
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Species Specificity
Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela

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