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Title: Karyotypic assignment of Sri Lankan Anopheles culicifacies species B and E does not correlate with cytochrome oxidase subunit I and microsatellite genotypes
Authors: Surendran, S.N.
Truelove, N.
Sarma, D.K.
Jude, P.J.
Ramasamy4, R.
Gajapathy, K.
Peiris, L.B.S.
Parakrama Karunaratne, S.H.P.
Walton, C.
Keywords: Anopheles culicifacies;COI;Malaria;Microsatellite;Mosquito vector;Species complex;Sri Lanka;Y-chromosome karyotype
Issue Date: 2015
Publisher: Parasites & Vectors
Abstract: 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 < 0.05) with the number of migrants (Nm) value <1. The genetic structure analysis resulted in two genetic clusters not 100 % associated with karyotypes. While none of the species B were incorrectly assigned two were inconclusive. Five out of 26 specimens karyotyped as species E were incorrectly assigned, while further 9 were inconclusive. Conclusions: The new molecular data support the existence of two genetically different populations of the Culicifacies Complex in Sri Lanka that are not associated with the Y-chromosome karyotype. Detailed analysis with more microsatellite markers and assortative mating experiments are needed to e
URI: http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/9114
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