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1 February 2011 Evidence to Support Karyotypic Variation of the Mosquito, Anopheles peditaeniatus in Thailand
Wej Choochote
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Abstract

Eight isoline colonies of Anopheles peditaeniatus Leicester (Diptera: Culicidae) were established from wild-caught females collected from buffalo-baited traps at 8 localities in Thailand. They showed 2 types of X (X2, X3) and 4 types of Y (Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5) chromosomes based on the number and amount of major block(s) of heterochromatin present in the heterochromatic arm, and were tentatively designated as Forms B (X2, X3, Y2), C (X3, Y3), D (X3, Y4) and E (X2, X3, Y5). Form B was found in Nan, Ratchaburi, and Chumphon provinces; Form C was obtained in Chon Buri province; Form D was recovered in Kamphaeng Phet province; and Form E was acquired in Chiang Mai, Udon Thani, and Ubon Ratchathani provinces. Crossing studies among the 8 isoline colonies, which were representative of 4 karyotypic forms of An. peditaeniatus, revealed genetic compatibility in providing viable progenies and synaptic salivary gland polytene chromosomes through F2-generations, thus suggesting the conspecific nature of these karyotypic forms. These results were supported by the very low intraspecific sequence variations (0.0 – 1.1%) of the nucleotide sequences in ribosomal DNA (ITS2) and mitochondrial DNA (COI and COII) of the 4 forms.

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Wej Choochote "Evidence to Support Karyotypic Variation of the Mosquito, Anopheles peditaeniatus in Thailand," Journal of Insect Science 11(10), 1-12, (1 February 2011). https://doi.org/10.1673/031.011.0110
Received: 1 December 2009; Accepted: 1 December 2009; Published: 1 February 2011
KEYWORDS
COI
COII
crossing experiment
Hyrcanus group
ITS2
metaphase karyotype
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