Cuticular-hydrocarbon discrimination between Anopheles gambiae s.s. and An. arabiensis larval karyotypes

G. I. Anyanwu, D. H. Davies, David Molyneux, A. Priestman

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Abstract

Examination of chromatograms of karyotyped larvae of Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Anopheles arabiensis has revealed that there are differences in the profile of their epicuticular hydrocarbons. A discriminant analysis of the quantitative hydrocarbon data has shown that the An. gambiae Mopti 2Rbc/bc karyotype from Mali could be separated from the Forest 2La/a karyotype from Liberia in >80% of cases. Similar analysis permitted >80% separation of individuals of two karyotypes of Anopheles arabiensis: 2Rab/+ from Burkina Faso, and 2Rb/b from Madagascar.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)843-852
Number of pages10
JournalPathogens and Global Health
Volume95
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2001
Externally publishedYes

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