title: Cytogenetic characterization of two laboratory colonies of Anopheles arabiensis Patton from Ethiopia.
abstract: Polytene chromosome analysis was carried out in samples of Anopheles arabiensis from two colonies originating from different sites in the Rift Valley, Ethiopia. Both colonies were found to maintain the main chromosomal inversion variations existing in wild populations. Changes in karyotype frequencies were documented as well as excesses of heterokaryotypes.
authors.affiliation: International Center for Public Health Research, University of South Carolina, McClellanville 29458.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mekuria
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gezahegn
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Gabriel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tilahun
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Petrarca
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory / Q000235:genetics; D000852:Anopheles / Q000235:genetics*; D007446:Chromosome Inversion; D005002:Ethiopia; D005838:Genotype; D007621:Karyotyping / Q000662:veterinary; D013045:Species Specificity