Aeroplane wing, a new recessive autosomal phenotypic marker in the malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi Liston.

ABSTRACT: A novel and distinct mutant with a phenotype, aeroplane wing (ae) is reported for the first time in the urban malaria vector Anopheles stephensi. The main aim of this study was to establish the mode of inheritance of the ae gene performing genetic crossings between the mutants and wild types. These mutants show extended open wings that are visible to naked eyes in both the sexes. Mutants were first noticed in a nutritionally stressed isofemale colony. Strategic genetic crosses revealed that the ae gene is a recessive, autosomal, and monogenic trait having full penetrance with uniform expression in its adult stage. Egg morphometric analysis confirmed that these mutants were intermediate variant. No significant differences were observed in the wing venation and si

SUBMITTER: Ghosh C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10770597 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature