Polymorphic microsatellite markers for studies of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae), the vector of dengue and yellow fever

A significant challenge to population genetic studies of the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti, has been the lack of polymorphic microsatellite loci. In an effort to develop useful markers, we evaluated the genetic variation at 17 microsatellite loci identified in the A. aegypti genome. Nine loci with at...

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Published inMolecular ecology notes Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 168 - 171
Main Authors SLOTMAN, M.A, KELLY, N.B, HARRINGTON, L.C, KITTHAWEE, S, JONES, J.W, SCOTT, T.W, CACCONE, A, POWELL, J.R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2007
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Summary:A significant challenge to population genetic studies of the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti, has been the lack of polymorphic microsatellite loci. In an effort to develop useful markers, we evaluated the genetic variation at 17 microsatellite loci identified in the A. aegypti genome. Nine loci with at least five alleles were identified in field-collected specimens from Thailand. An additional two loci carried five alleles if samples from an A. aegypti laboratory colony were included. Our results greatly increase the number of highly variable markers available for the study of the genetics and the population structure of this medically important species.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01533.x
ISSN:1471-8278
1471-8286
DOI:10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01533.x