Karyotypic assignment of Sri Lankan Anopheles culicifacies species B and E does not correlate with cytochrome oxidase subunit I and microsatellite genotypes.

Sinnathamby N Surendran, Nathan Truelove, Devojit K Sarma, Pavilupillai J Jude, Ranjan Ramasamy, Kanapathy Gajapathy, Lalanthika B S Peiris, S H P Parakrama Karunaratne, Catherine Walton

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    Abstract

    BACKGROUND: The identification of species B and E in the Anopheles culicifacies complex in the Indian subcontinent has been based on Y-chromosome karyotype. Since no detectable variations were previously found in DNA markers commonly used for sibling species identification, further molecular characterization using cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) and microsatellite markers was carried out on Y-chromosome karyotyped Anopheles culicifacies specie B and E from Unnichchai, Kallady and Ranawarunawa in Sri Lanka. FINDINGS: COI sequence analysis (n = 22) revealed the presence of nine unique haplotypes with six in each species. Three haplotypes were shared by both species. The two sibling species had a pairwise FST value of 1.338 (p 
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalParasites & vectors
    Volume8
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

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