Evidence for X-linked introgression between molecular forms of Anopheles gambiae from Angola

Choi, K.S. and Townson, Harold (2011) 'Evidence for X-linked introgression between molecular forms of Anopheles gambiae from Angola'. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, pp. 218-227.

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Abstract

Abstract. The M and S molecular forms of the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) are morphologically identical incipient species in which
reproductive isolation is incomplete, enabling low-level gene flow between forms. In an attempt to find differences between the M and S forms, sequence variation was studied at loci along the X chromosome in adult female An. gambiae from Angola. A high proportion of M form specimens from Angola (79% of the 456 X chromosomes sampled) were found to contain a 16-bp insertion in intron 4 of the X-linked GPRCCK1 locus, relative to the AgamP3 release of the An. gambiae PEST genome sequence. The insertion was in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium in Angolan M form populations. The same insertion was found in all S form specimens examined,
regardless of where in Africa they were sampled, but was absent from a sample of M form specimens collected in Ghana, Bioko and Mali. In M form specimens from Angola, there was an association between alleles at the GPRCCK1 locus and those at a microsatellite locus, AGXH678, close to the centromere of the X chromosome, with significant linkage disequilibrium between loci separated by 0.472 Mbp (P < 0.033). We show that the insertion results from introgression from the S form into the M form, rather than from the retention of an ancestral character. Gene flow from the S to M form could allow genes of adaptive value to be transferred, including those conferring insecticide resistance and others influencing ecology and behaviour, and
thus malaria transmission and control. We discuss factors that may have led to this introgression event.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Anopheles gambiae; introgression; M and S forms; X chromosome; Angola
Subjects:	QU Biochemistry > Genetics > QU 450 General Works QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 515 Anopheles
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00977.x
Depositing User:	Users 183 not found.
Date Deposited:	21 May 2012 09:58
Last Modified:	21 Nov 2024 09:38
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/2358

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