Microsatellite‐based analysis reveals Aedes aegypti populations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia result from colonization by both the ancestral African and the global domestic forms

Microsatellite‐based analysis reveals Aedes aegypti populations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia result from colonization by both the ancestral African and the global domestic forms

Abstract The Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) mosquito is the main vector of dengue, chikungunya and Zika and is well established today all over the world. The species comprises two forms: the ancestral form found throughout Africa and a global domestic form that spread to the rest of the tropics and...

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Main Authors: Abadi M. Mashlawi, Hussain Alqahtani, Sara A. Abuelmaali, Andrea Gloria‐Soria, Jassada Saingamsook, Martha Kaddumukasa, Ahmad Hassn Ghzwani, Ahmed A. Abdulhaq, Hesham M. Al‐Mekhlafi, Catherine Walton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-02-01
Series:Evolutionary Applications
Subjects:
Aedes aegypti
Aedes formosus
Arabian Peninsula
genetic diversity
microsatellites
mosquitoes
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13661

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https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13661

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