title: Cuticular-hydrocarbon discrimination between Anopheles gambiae s.s. and An. arabiensis larval karyotypes.
abstract: Examination of chromatograms of karyotyped larvae of Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Anopheles arabiensis has revealed that there are differences in the profile of their epicuticular hydrocarbons. A discriminant analysis of the quantitative hydrocarbon data has shown that the An. gambiae Mopti 2Rbc/bc karyotype from Mali could be separated from the Forest 2La/a karyotype from Liberia in > 80% of cases. Similar analysis permitted > 80% separation of individuals of two karyotypes of Anopheles arabiensis: 2Rab/ + from Burkina Faso, and 2Rb/b from Madagascar.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK. anyanwug@unijos.edu.ng
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Anyanwu
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Molyneux
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Priestman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis*; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D007621:Karyotyping; D007814:Larva / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D006838:Hydrocarbons