Population genetic structure of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes on Lake Victoria islands, west Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the genetic structure of island Anopheles gambiae populations is important for the current tactics in mosquito control and for the proposed strategy using genetically-modified mosquitoes (GMM). Genetically-isolated mosquito populations on islands are a potential site for testing GMM. The objective of this study was to determine the genetic structure of A. gambiae populations on the islands in Lake Victoria, western Kenya.

Methods

The genetic diversity and the population genetic structures of 13 A. gambiae populations from five islands on Lake Victoria and six villages from the surrounding mainland area in the Suba District were examined using six microsatellite markers. The distance range of sampling sites varied between 2.5 and 35.1 km.

Results</

SUBMITTER: Chen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC543573 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature