Evidence for late Pleistocene population expansion of the malarial mosquitoes, Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles gambiae in Nigeria

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 358-369

  Matthews, S D ^a,b   Meehan, L J ^b   Onyabe, D Y ^c   Vineis, J ^b   Nock, I ^d   Ndams, I ^d   Conn, J E ^a,b,e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c Bacilligen Inc   (United States)

^d AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; Anopheles gambiae; Cytochrome oxidase I; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular forms; Nigeria; Population expansion; Population structure

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALARIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOSQUITO; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOTYPE; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; POPULATION GROWTH; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 37349126638     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2007.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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