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Characterization of ITS2 rDNA of Anopheles philippinensis and Anopheles nivipes (Diptera: Culicidae) from north-east India.
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The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health [Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health] 2006 Nov; Vol. 37 (6), pp. 1134-8. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Anopheles (Cellia) philippinensis Ludlow and Anopheles (Cellia) nivipes (Theobald) are two closely related, morphologically very similar, mosquito species in the Annularis group, which play a supportive role in malaria transmission in north-east India. We amplified and performed sequence analysis for the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) locus of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) gene of morphologically confirmed specimens of these two species from the states of Assam and Nagaland. An. philippinensis and An. nivipes shared 85.2% sequence similarity and no intra-species variation was found in the nucleotide sequences of the two species. Overall, sequence data of the ITS2 marker revealed that both these species from north-east India differed by as much as have been reported from specimens of eastern Thailand.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0125-1562
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17333766