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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, Sinnathamby N.; Truelove, Nathan; Sarma, Devojit K.; Jude, Pavilupillai J.; Ramasamy, Ranjan; Gajapathy, Kanapathy; Peiris, Lalanthika B. S.; Karunaratne, S. H. P. Parakrama; Walton, Catherine
- 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 < 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 establish the presence of the two genetically distinct populations and relate them to Y-chromosome morphology.
- Subjects
SRI Lanka; ANOPHELES; CYTOCHROME oxidase; MALARIA; MICROSATELLITE repeats; MOSQUITO vectors; Y chromosome; KARYOTYPES
- Publication
Parasites & Vectors, 2015, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1756-3305
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13071-015-0944-9