Characterization of ITS2 rDNA of Anopheles philippinensis and Anopheles nivipes (diptera: culicidae) from north-east India

Catherine Walton; Anil Prakash; C. Wallon; D. R. Bhattacharyya; P. K. Mohapatra; J. Mahanta

Characterization of ITS2 rDNA of Anopheles philippinensis and Anopheles nivipes (diptera: culicidae) from north-east India

Catherine Walton, Anil Prakash, C. Wallon, D. R. Bhattacharyya, P. K. Mohapatra, J. Mahanta

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Anopheles (Cellia) philippinensis Ludlow and Anopheles (Cellia) nivipes (Theobald) are two closely related, morphologically very similar, mosquito species in the Annularis group, which play a supportive role in malaria transmission in north-east India. We amplified and performed sequence analysis for the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) locus of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) gene of morphologically confirmed specimens of these two species from the states of Assam and Nagaland. An. philippinensis and An. nivipes shared 85.2% sequence similarity and no intra-species variation was found in the nucleotide sequences of the two species. Overall, sequence data of the ITS2 marker revealed that both these species from north-east India differed by as much as have been reported from specimens of eastern Thailand.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1134-1138
Number of pages	4
Journal	Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
Volume	37
Issue number	6
Publication status	Published - Nov 2006

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Characterization of ITS2 rDNA of Anopheles philippinensis and Anopheles nivipes (diptera: culicidae) from north-east India

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