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Inversion monophyly in African anopheline malaria vectors.
Genetics - 1 Jul 1996
García B A, Caccone A, Mathiopoulos K D, Powell J R
Abstract excerpt
The African Anopheles gambiae complex of six sibling species has many polymorphic and fixed paracentric inversions detectable in polytene chromosomes. These have been used to infer phylogenetic relationships as classically done with Drosophila. Two species, A. gambiae and A. merus, were thought to be sister taxa based on a shared X inversion designated Xag. Recent DNA data have conflicted with this phylogenetic...
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