Molecular identification of sympatric chromosomal forms of Anopheles gambiae and further evidence of their reproductive isolation
1997
Favia, G. | della Torre, A. | Bagayoko, M. | Lanfrancotti, A. | Sagnon, N'F. | Touré, Y. T. | Coluzzi, M.
Three chromosomal forms of Anopheles gambiae s.s., designated as Bamako, Mopti and Savanna, were studied for diagnostic PCR assays based on the analysis of the Xâlinked ribosomal DNA (rDNA). The study was performed on a 1.3 kb fragment containing part of the 28S coding region and part of the intergenic spacer region. The amplified material was cut with fourteen restriction enzymes to detect Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms (RFLPs). The enzymes Tru9I and HhaI produced patterns of DNA bands which differentiated Mopti from Savanna and Bamako; moreover, a distinct âhybridâ pattern was recognized in the F1 female progeny from the cross of Mopti with either one of the other two chromosomal forms. The diagnostic significance of the PCRâRFLP assay was verified on 203 karyotyped females from field samples collected in two villages in Mali and one village in Burkina Faso. Agreement was observed between the chromosomal and the molecular identifications. No âhybridâ molecular patterns were detected even among carriers of rare heterokaryotypes hypothetically produced by crosses between Mopti and Savanna. The results confirm previous observations indicating barriers to gene flow within An. gambiae s.s. and supporting the specific status of the taxonomic units proposed on cytogenetic ground.
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