Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2011) 106, 1017-1023

Luz Marina Jaramillo, Lina A. Gutiérrez, Shirley Luckhart, Jan E. Conn and Margarita M. Correa (2011)
Molecular evidence for a single taxon, Anopheles nuneztovari s.l., from two endemic malaria regions in Colombia
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 106 (8), 1017-1023
Abstract: To elucidate the Anopheles nuneztovari s.l. taxonomic status at a microgeographic level in four malaria endemic localities from Antioquia and Córdoba, Colombia, fragments of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) and the white gene were used. The COI analysis showed low genetic differentiation with fixation index (F_ST) levels between -0.02-0.137 and Nm values between 3-∞, indicating the presence of high gene flow among An. nuneztovari s.l. populations from the four localities. The COI network showed a single most common haplotype, type 1 (n = 55), present in all localities, as the likely ancestral haplotype. Analysis of the white gene showed that An. nuneztovari s.l. populations from both departments grouped with haplotypes 19 and 20, which are part of lineage 3 reported previously. The results of the present study suggest that An. nuneztovari s.l. is a single taxon in the area of the present study.
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Database assignments for author(s): Jan E. Conn

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
identification/taxonomy
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Anopheles nuneztovari		Colombia