title: Analysis of the Anopheles gambiae genome using RAPD markers.
abstract: RAPD analysis technique is used as a rapid and reliable tool for genome analysis in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Using more than eighty different commercially available primers we identified more than sixty different DNA segments that were differentially amplified in different strains of An. gambiae s.s. and An. arabiensis. An estimate of the cytogenetic position of these markers is provided by their hybridization to divisional dot-blot filters. Potentially useful RAPD markers can be cytogenetically mapped with more precision by in situ hybridization and, as they segregate as dominant markers in a Mendelian fashion, they can also be genetically mapped relative to other genes or rearrangements. Finally, we identified markers for their potential use in the identification of different mosquito strains.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Favia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dimopoulos
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Louis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D007446:Chromosome Inversion; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D005819:Genetic Markers; D016678:Genome; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers