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

Authors
Anyanwu, GI Davies, DH Molyneux, DH Priestman, A
Citation
Gi. Anyanwu et al., Cuticular-hydrocarbon discrimination between Anopheles gambiae s.s. and An. arabiensis larval karyotypes, ANN TROP M, 95(8), 2001, pp. 843-852
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Envirnomentale Medicine & Public Health","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY
ISSN journal
00034983 → ACNP
Volume
95
Issue
8
Year of publication
2001
Pages
843 - 852
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4983(200112)95:8<843:CDBAGS>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Examination of chromatograms of karyotyped larvae of Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Anopheles arabiensis has revealed that there are differences in the pr ofile of their epicuticular hydrocarbons. A discriminant analysis of the qu antitative hydrocarbon data has shown that the An. gambiae Mopti 2Rbc/bc ka ryotype from Mali could be separated from the Forest 2La/a karyotype from L iberia in >80% of cases. Similar analysis permitted >80% separation of indi viduals of two karyotypes of Anopheles arabiensis: 2Rab/+ from Burkina Faso , and 2Rb/b from Madagascar.