title: [Molecular genetic methods for the identification of the urban mosquito Culex pipiens pipiens F. molestus (Diptera, Culicidae)].
abstract: Molecular genetic methods for the identification of two ecotypes, or forms (pipiens and molestus) of the Culex pipiens pipiens mosquitoes, which are known as active bloodsuckers and vectors of various agents of diseases, are proposed. For the DNA analysis, two populations of the urban mosquitoes (the molestus ecotype) from St. Petersburg and Moscow and two populations from the overground reservoirs in the Leningrad Province and neighboring areas of Moscow (the pipiens ecotype) have been studied. These ecotypes differ by six transitions among 247 nucleotide sequences of 3' part of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), by the mtDNA fragments resulted from the restriction analysis and by the lengths of second internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) sequences in the ribosomal DNA.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Shaĭkevich
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Vinogradova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003465:Culex / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D007814:Larva / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012426:Russia; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV