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Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
; 98(7): 393-6, 2004 Jul.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15138074
RESUMO
The complexity of Anopheles gambiae Giles sensu stricto, a sibling species of the A. gambiae complex, has been shown by the extent of chromosomal inversion polymorphisms and more recently, by divergence at the molecular level. Analysis by PCR of a field population of A. gambiae complex from the Zambezi Valley area of Kanyemba, northern Zimbabwe, showed the co-existence of three sibling species: A. arabiensis (90%), A. gambiae (4%), and A. quadriannulatus (6%). Molecular characterization of the A. gambiae s.s. material revealed the sympatric presence of the two molecular forms S and M within a sample of eight. This is the first record of the co-existence of these two molecular forms in southern Africa.