Short report: Natural hybrid between Anopheles kleini and Anopheles sinensis.
While analyzing wild mosquitoes caught in Paju, South Korea, we identified one egg-laying hybrid female between Anopheles kleini and Anopheles sinensis. Additional evidence was obtained by identifying several F(1) progeny and conducting self-crossing between them. Sequencing of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 sequence suggested that the maternal origin of the female should be An. sinensis . Additionally, observation of only two distinct genotypes of F(1) progeny (double band, hybrid type, and single-band An. sinensis type) more closely resembled a situation of natural back-crossing between a hybrid female and male An. sinensis. Results of self-crossing between F(1) progeny was impaired and yielded abnormally low larval hatchings (3.7%). Overall, the observation of 1 female from 658 caught-wild mosquitoes indicated possible natural hybridization among members of the Hyrcanus group from South Korea.
Joshi
Deepak
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Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, Nam-gu, Incheon, South Korea.
Choochote
Wej
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Min
Gi-Sik
GS
D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005260:Female; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012098:Reproduction / Q000235:genetics