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Genetic structure among Thai populations of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes |
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| Authors: | Suprada Sukonthabhirom Seeviga Saengtharatip Nuananong Jirakanchanakit Pornpimol Rongnoparut Suthee Yoksan Apichai Daorai Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap |
| Affiliation: | 1. Office of Plant Protection Research and Development, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand;2. Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand;3. Office of Dengue Control, Department of Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi 11120, Thailand;4. Center for Vaccine Development, Institute of Science and Technology for Research and Development, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom 13140, Thailand;5. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand |
| Abstract: | Thirty‐one field populations of Aedes aegypti (L.) were compared using isozyme starch gel electrophoresis to characterize genetic variation between populations. Ae. aegypti were collected from seven provinces in Thailand. Thirty‐one isozyme encoding loci, including 19 polymorphic loci, were characterized. Only small levels of genetic differentiation were observed among the 31 district populations in the seven provinces. Isolation by distance among populations from the seven provinces showed no correlation between genetic variation and geographical distance. |
| Keywords: | Aedes aegypti genetic structure starch gel electrophoresis |