Cytogenetics of the Anopheles gambiae complex in Sudan, with special reference to An. arabiensis: Relationships with East and West African populations

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-164

  Petrarca, V ^a   Nugud, A D ^b   Elkarim Ahmed, M A ^c   Haridi, A M ^d   Di Deco, M A ^a   Coluzzi, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b National Health Laboratory Sudan   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^d Blue Nile Health Project   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; Anopheles gambiae; Genetic distances; Great Rift Valley; Inversion polymorphism; Malaria vectors; Polytene chromosomes; Sudan

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE FLOW; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALARIA; OVARY; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SUDAN;

GENE FLOW; GENETICS; MOSQUITO;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SUDAN;

AFRICA;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034125095     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2000.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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