2016/05/04 by T. M. P. Oliveira, Tatiane M. P. Oliveira, P. G. Foster +13 · 27 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Medicine · #Anopheles #Biology #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetics #Genome #Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences #Malaria #Malaria Research and Control #Mitochondrial DNA #Mosquito-borne diseases and control #Phylogenetic tree #Phylogenetics #Ribosomal RNA
paper · open access · doi:10.1093/jme/tjw001
published in Journal of Medical Entomology 53(4), 790-797 (Oxford University Press)
openalex publication_date 2016/05/04 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Mitochondrial genome sequences are widely used as molecular markers for phylogenetic studies of mosquito species complexes, such as the Anopheles albitarsis complex. Except for a few studies that employed a limited number of nuclear or mitochondrial loci to address the genetic structure and species status of Anopheles cruzii, Anopheles bellator, and Anopheles homunculus, little is known about genetic markers that can be employed in studies focusing on Kerteszia species. The complete mitochondrial genomes of seven specimens of An. bellator, An. cruzii, An. homunculus, and Anopheles laneanus were sequenced using long-range polymerase chain reaction and Illumina sequencing. The mitochondrial genomes varied from 15,446 to 15,738 bp in length and contained 37 genes (13 protein-encoding genes, 2 rRNA genes [12S rRNA and 16S rRNA] and 22 tRNA genes), and the AT-rich control region, as all do other Anopheles mitochondrial genomes sequenced to date. Specimens from four populations of An. cruzii showed differences in codon composition.