Spatial genetic structure of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in mainland Southeast Asia

• Main Authors: Thaung Hlaing, Willoughby Tun-Lin, Pradya Somboon, Duong Socheat, To Setha, Sein Min, Sein Thaung, Okorie Anyaele, Babaranda De Silva, Moh Seng Chang, Anil Prakash, Yvonne Linton, Catherine Walton
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=79951778182&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/50454
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes originated in Africa and are thought to have spread recently to Southeast Asia, where they are the major vector of dengue. Thirteen microsatellite loci were used to determine the genetic population structure of A. aegypti at a hierarchy of spatial scales encompassing 36 site...