Population genetic structure of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes on Lake Victoria islands, west Kenya

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Beier John, Minakawa Noboru, Chen Hong, Yan Guiyun
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2004
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Five Islands
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-3-48; https://doaj.org/article/7233c1cc55ab48109f2f1988c2ec9021

Abstract Background Understanding the genetic structure of island Anopheles gambiae populations is important for the current tactics in mosquito control and for the proposed strategy using genetically-modified mosquitoes (GMM). Genetically-isolated mosquito populations on islands are a potential sit...