The pyrethroid knock‐down resistance gene in the Anopheles gambiae complex in Mali and further indication of incipient speciation within An. gambiae s.s.

Insect Molecular Biology - Tập 12 Số 3 - Trang 241-245 - 2003
Caterina Fanello1,2, Vincenzo Petrarca3, Alessandra della Torre2, Federica Santolamazza2, Guimogo Dolo4, Mamadou B. Coulibaly4, Ali Alloueche1, C. F. Curtis1, Penelope Vounatsou4, M Coluzzi2
1Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
2Dipartimento di Scienze di Sanità Pubblica, Università di Roma ‘La Sapienza’, Italy
3Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare, Università di Roma ‘La Sapienza’, Italy
4Ecole Nationale de Médicine et de Pharmacie, Mali

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AbstractIn Mali the Anopheles gambiae complex consists of An. arabiensis and Mopti, Savanna and Bamako chromosomal forms of An. gambiae s.s. Previous chromosomal data suggests a complete reproductive isolation among these forms. Sequence analysis of rDNA regions led to the characterization of two molecular forms of An. gambiae, named M‐form and S‐form, which in Mali correspond to Mopti and to Savanna/Bamako, respectively, while it has failed so far to show any molecular difference between Savanna and Bamako. The population structure of An. gambiae s.l. was analysed in three villages in the Bamako and Sikasso areas of Mali and the frequency of pyrethroid resistance of the knock‐down resistance (kdr) type was calculated. The results show that the kdr allele is associated only with the Savanna form populations and absent in sympatric and synchronous populations of Bamako, Mopti and An. arabiensis. This is the first molecular indication of barriers to gene flow between the Bamako and Savanna chromosomal forms. Moreover, analyses of specimens collected in the Bamako area in 1987 show that the kdr allele was already present in the Savanna population at that time, and that the frequency of this allele has gradually increased since then.

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Insect Molecular Biology

Tập 12 Số 3

241-245

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