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ANOPHELES DARLINGI POLYTENE CHROMOSOMES: REVISED MAPS INCLUDING NEWLY DESCRIBED INVERSIONS AND EVIDENCE FOR POPULATION STRUCTURE IN MANAUS
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University of California. Department of Entomology and Nematology. Mosquito Control Research Laboratory. Davis, CA, USA / University of California. Department of Pathology and Microbiology. Vector Genetics Laboratory. Davis, CA, USA.
University of California. Department of Entomology and Nematology. Mosquito Control Research Laboratory. Davis, CA, USA / University of California. Department of Pathology and Microbiology. Vector Genetics Laboratory. Davis, CA, USA.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia. Laboratório de Malária e Dengue. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto René Rachou. Laboratório de Entomologia Médica. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia. Laboratório de Malária e Dengue. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas. Laboratório de Entomologia Médica. Macapá, AP, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Fiocruz Rondônia. Laboratório de Entomologia. Porto Velho, RO, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane. Laboratório de Ecologia de Doenças Infecciosas na Amazônia. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane. Laboratório de Ecologia de Doenças Infecciosas na Amazônia. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
University of California. Department of Pathology and Microbiology. Vector Genetics Laboratory. Davis, CA, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto René Rachou. Laboratório de Entomologia Médica. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil / Fundação de Medicina Tropical Heitor Vieira Dourado. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
University of California. Department of Pathology and Microbiology. Vector Genetics Laboratory. Davis, CA, USA.
University of California. Department of Entomology and Nematology. Mosquito Control Research Laboratory. Davis, CA, USA / University of California. Department of Pathology and Microbiology. Vector Genetics Laboratory. Davis, CA, USA.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia. Laboratório de Malária e Dengue. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto René Rachou. Laboratório de Entomologia Médica. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia. Laboratório de Malária e Dengue. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas. Laboratório de Entomologia Médica. Macapá, AP, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Fiocruz Rondônia. Laboratório de Entomologia. Porto Velho, RO, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane. Laboratório de Ecologia de Doenças Infecciosas na Amazônia. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane. Laboratório de Ecologia de Doenças Infecciosas na Amazônia. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
University of California. Department of Pathology and Microbiology. Vector Genetics Laboratory. Davis, CA, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto René Rachou. Laboratório de Entomologia Médica. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil / Fundação de Medicina Tropical Heitor Vieira Dourado. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
University of California. Department of Pathology and Microbiology. Vector Genetics Laboratory. Davis, CA, USA.
Abstract
Salivary gland polytene chromosomes of 4th instar Anopheles darlingi Root were examined from multiple locations in the Brazilian Amazon. Minor modifications were made to existing polytene photomaps. These included changes to the breakpoint positions of several previously described paracentric inversions and descriptions of four new paracentric inversions, two on the right arm of chromosome 3 and two on the left arm of chromosome 3 that were found in multiple locations. A total of 18 inversions on the X (n = 1) chromosome, chromosome 2 (n = 7) and 3 (n = 11) were scored for 83 individuals from Manaus, Macapá and Porto Velho municipalities. The frequency of 2Ra inversion karyotypes in Manaus shows significant deficiency of heterozygotes (p < 0.0009). No significant linkage disequilibrium was found between inversions on chromosome 2 and 3. We hypothesize that at least two sympatric subpopulations exist within the An. darlingi population at Manaus based on inversion frequencies.
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