Genetic differentiation between three ecological variants （‘type’, ＇mysorensis＇ and ‘intermediate’） of malaria vector Anopheles stephensi （Diptera： Culicidae）

作     者：Vipin Madhulika Dube S. K. Gakhar 

作者机构：Advanced Centre for Biotechnology Department of Statistics Maharshi Dayanand University Rohtak India 

出 版 物：《Insect Science》 (昆虫科学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2010年第17卷第4期

页      面：335-343页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 07[理学] 09[农学] 0904[农学-植物保护] 071007[理学-遗传学] 0901[农学-作物学] 090102[农学-作物遗传育种] 0713[理学-生态学] 

主　　题：Anopheles stephensi ecological variants gene flow intermediate mysorensis type 

摘      要：Anopheles stephensi is the main vector of urban malaria in South Asia. Three ecological variants （‘type’, ‘mysorensis’ and ‘intermediate’） of An. stephensi have been reported on the basis of ecology and egg morphology. However, it is unclear if there is any genetic isolation between the three variants. We analyzed the three variants of An. stephensi using eight microsatellite loci and found that large and significant genetic differentiation exists between them （mean FST = 0.393 and mean RST = 0.422）. Pairwise estimates of genetic differentiation between the variants were ‘type’ versus ‘mysorensis’ （mean FsT = 0.411 and mean RST = 0.308）, ‘type’ versus‘intermediate’ （mean FsT = 0.388 and mean RST = 0.518） and ‘intermediate’versus ＇mysorensis＇ （mean FST = 0.387 and mean RST = 0.398） and all were statistically significant （P 〈 0.05）. The greater sensitivity of RST in differentiation indicated that mutations and not genetic drift had generated the differences between three variants of An. stephensi. The present study indicated large genetic differentiation and presence of non-significant low level ofgene flow between the three variants （‘type’,‘ mysorensis’ and ‘intermediate’） of An. stephensi.