Microgeographical structure in the major Neotropical malaria vector Anopheles darlingi using microsatellites and SNP markers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent decades, throughout the Amazon Basin, landscape modification contributing to profound ecological change has proceeded at an unprecedented rate. Deforestation that accompanies human activities can significantly change aspects of anopheline biology, though this may be site-specific. Such local changes in anopheline biology could have a great impact on malaria transmission. The aim of this study was to investigate population genetics of the main malaria vector in Brazil, Anopheles darlingi, from a microgeographical perspective.

Methods

Microsatellites and ddRADseq-derived single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were used to assess levels of population genetic structuring among mosquito populations from two ecologically distinctive agricultural settlements (~

SUBMITTER: Campos M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5307779 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature